Method of managing a communication with multi-server service providing means
AssigneeFrance Telecom
InventorsOlivier Charles, Jean-Michel Combes
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AssigneeFrance Telecom
InventorsOlivier Charles, Jean-Michel Combes
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The invention relates to a method of managing a call through a telecommunications network (10) between an access terminal (18) connected to the network (10) and means (22) for providing a service through the network. Said means comprise firstly a multiplicity of terminals (24, 26) connected to the network, said terminals forming servers suitable for providing the service, and secondly means (28) for selecting amongst said multiplicity of servers (24, 26) the server that is best suited for providing the service to the access terminal (18). The call is also set up using a communications protocol enabling some terminals to be mobile by allocating each mobile terminal a main address that is invariable regardless of its point of connection to the network and by forwarding all of the data sent to said main address to the corresponding terminal. A common main address is allocated to the service provider means (22), and all of the data sent to the main address is forwarded to the server (24, 26) selected as being the best suited for providing said service.
A method of managing a call through a telecommunications network including points of connection, between an access terminal connected to the network and means for providing a service through the network, said means comprising firstly a plurality of terminals connected to the network, said terminals forming servers suitable for providing the service, and secondly a call manager server capable of selecting amongst said plurality of servers the server that is best suited for providing the service to the access terminal, the call being set up using a communications protocol enabling some terminals to be mobile by allocating each mobile terminal a main address that is invariable regardless of the mobile terminal's point of connection to the network and a temporary address which depends on said mobile terminal's point of connection and by forwarding all of the data sent to said main address to the mobile terminal, the method comprising a step of allocating to the service provider means a common main address, that is invariable, and a temporary address, and steps, executed by the call manager server, of intercepting all of the data sent to said common main address and redirecting the intercepted data to the server selected as being the best suited for providing said service and whose main address is used as a temporary address for the service provider means.
Call manager server for managing a call through a telecommunications network including points of connection, between an access terminal connected to the network and means for providing a service through the network comprising a plurality of terminals forming servers suitable for providing the service, the call being set up using a communication protocol enabling some terminals to be mobile by allocating each mobile terminal a main address that is invariable regardless of the mobile terminal's point of connection to the network and a temporary address which depends on said mobile terminal's point of connection and by forwarding all of the data sent to said main address to the mobile terminal, the server being configured to select amongst a plurality of servers the server that is best suited for providing the service to the access terminal, wherein the service provider means possesses a common main address, that is invariable, and a temporary address, wherein the call manager comprises means for intercepting all of the data sent to said common main address and means for forwarding these data to the server selected as being the best suited for providing said service whose main address is used as a temporary address for the service provider means.
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