Method, apparatus, and communication system for allocating and managing voice channels

A voice server comprising one or more processors, memory;

• and one or more program modules stored in the memory and to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more program modules including:
• a receiving module configured to receive first voice data;
• a searching module configured to search for a first voice channel corresponding to a first user of the first voice data;
• an allocating module configured, when the searching module fails to find the first voice channel corresponding to the first user, to attempt to allocate a currently already-timed-out voice channel to the first user;
• a writing module configured, when the allocating module successfully allocates a second voice channel that is currently already-timed-out to the first user, to write the first voice data to the second voice channel and to mark the second voice channel as assigned to the first user, and to write the first voice data to the first voice channel when the searching module successfully finds the first voice channel corresponding to the first user;
• and
• a channel re-setting module configured to, when a pre-determined channel re-setting condition is satisfied, re-set a currently already-timed-out portion of voice channels or all of voice channels as an idle voice channel;
• wherein the channel re-setting module is further configured to re-set the currently already-timed-out portion of the voice channels or all of the voice channels as idle voice channels:
• when a number of the currently idle voice channel is less than a preset first threshold value,
• when the number of the currently idle voice channel has a ratio over a total number of the voice channel and the ratio is less than a preset second threshold value,
• when a re-setting instruction for the currently already-timed-out voice channel is received,
• when a preset re-setting cycle reaches,
• when a number of the currently already-timed-out voice channel is greater than a preset third threshold value,
• when the number of the currently already-timed-out voice channel has a ratio over a total number of the voice channel and the ratio is greater than a preset fourth threshold value, or
• when a ratio of the number of the currently already-timed-out voice channel over the number of the currently idle voice channel is greater than a preset fifth threshold value.

A communication system comprising:

• a voice server interacting with a user terminal, wherein the voice server includes one or more processors, memory;
• and one or more program modules stored in the memory and to be executed by the one or more processors, and the voice server is configured:
• to receive first voice data sent from the user terminal;
• to search for a first voice channel corresponding to a first user of the first voice data;
• when failing to find the first voice channel corresponding to the first user, to attempt to allocate a currently already-timed-out voice channel to the first user;
• when successfully allocating a second voice channel that is currently already-timed-out to the first user, to write the first voice data to the second voice channel and to mark the second voice channel as assigned to the first user, wherein the user terminal is assigned to the first user;
• when successfully finding the first voice channel corresponding to the first user, to write the first voice data to the first voice channel;
• and
• when a pre-determined channel re-setting condition is satisfied, to re-set a currently already-timed-out portion of voice channels or all of voice channels as an idle voice channel;
• wherein the pre-determined channel re-setting condition includes:
• when a number of the currently idle voice channel is less than a preset first threshold value,
• when the number of the currently idle voice channel has a ration over a total number of the voice channel and the ratio is less than a preset second threshold value,
• when a re-setting instruction for the currently already-timed-out voice channel is received,
• when a preset re-setting cycle reaches,
• when a number of the currently already-timed-out voice channel is greater than a preset third threshold value,
• when the number of the currently already-timed-out voice channel has a ratio over a total number of the voice channel and the ratio is greater than a preset fourth threshold value, or
• when a ratio of the number of the currently already-timed-out voice channel over the number of the currently idle voice channel is greater than a preset fifth threshold value.