US 8,300,558 B2 · Feature interaction detection in multi-party calls and calls with bridged appearances

Abstract

A method is disclosed for detecting feature interactions in multi-party calls (i.e., calls involving more than two endpoints), and in calls with bridged appearances. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, a set of rules is applied to the specifications of two features in order to detect interactions between the features. The rules specify conditions for, or relationships among, the original connections for the features, the resulting connections for the features, the triggering party for the features, and the originating and terminating parties of connections. A rule is considered matched for a multi-party call when any of the original and resulting connections for the call match the conditions of the rule. Similarly, a rule is considered matched for a call with one or more bridged appearances when any of the original and resulting connections for the call, including those of bridged appearances, match the conditions of the rule.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising;

identifying whether a first feature for a call that involves more than two endpoints and a second feature for the call interact, by determining whether a first set of resulting connections of the first feature and a second set of original connections of the second feature are non-disjoint and determining whether at least one of:
the first feature has a first original connection and a first resulting connection such that a first originating party of the first original connection is the same as a first terminating party of the first resulting connection, and the first terminating party of the first original connection is the same as the first originating party of the first resulting connection;
the first original connection of the first feature has the same originating party but a different terminating party as the first resulting connection of the first feature;
and
a second original connection of the second feature has the same originating party but a different terminating party as a second resulting connection of the second feature.

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A method comprising;

identifying whether a first feature for a call with an endpoint on a bridged appearance and a second feature for the call interact, by determining whether a first set of resulting connections of the first feature, comprising resulting connections with parties on bridged appearances, and a second set of original connections of the second feature, comprising original connections with parties on bridged appearances, are non-disjoint and determining whether at least one of:
a first member of the first set of original connections of the first feature, including original connections with parties on bridged appearances, has a first originating party that is the same as a first terminating party of a second member of the first set of resulting connections of the first feature;
a second terminating party of the second member that is the same as a second originating party of the second member;
the first member of the first set of original connections of the first feature, including original connections with parties on bridged appearances, has the same originating party but a different terminating party as the second member of the first set of resulting connections of the first feature;
and
a third member of the second set of original connections of the second feature, including original connections with parties on bridged appearances, has the same originating party but a different terminating party as a fourth member of the second set of resulting connections of the second feature.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Feature interaction detection in multi-party calls and calls with bridged appearances

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Feature interaction detection in multi-party calls and calls with bridged appearances

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