Method and apparatus for enabling the network to disconnect unintentionally idle off-hook endpoints
OwnerMarian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchiinventors
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Abstract
The present invention enables a packet-switched network service provider, e.g., a VoIP network service provider, to periodically check the status of all registered endpoints and keep state information about them for a specified period of time. Phones that are off-hook and have been idle for some specified period of time will be placed on-hook by the network as a courtesy to the registered user.
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A method for enabling the network to disconnect unintentionally idle off-hook endpoint in a communication network, comprising:
- detecting said endpoint being in an off-hook state;
- determining whether said endpoint has been in said off-hook state greater than a predefined threshold;
- and
- placing said endpoint in an on-hook state if said predefined threshold has been exceeded.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of a method for enabling the network to disconnect unintentionally idle off-hook endpoint in a communication network, comprising:
- detecting said endpoint being in an off-hook state;
- determining whether said endpoint has been in said off-hook state greater than a predefined threshold;
- and
- placing said endpoint in an on-hook state if said predefined threshold has been exceeded.
A system for enabling the network to disconnect unintentionally idle off-hook endpoint in a communication network, comprising:
- means for detecting said endpoint being in an off-hook state;
- means for determining whether said endpoint has been in said off-hook state greater than a predefined threshold;
- and
- means for placing said endpoint in an on-hook state if said predefined threshold has been exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.