Method and apparatus for priority based session delivery to multimodal endpoints

摘要

Systems and methods for presenting a single invitation to join a communication directed to a multimodal endpoint are provided. More particularly, a communication directed to a multimodal endpoint is delivered to the multimodal endpoint using only a single communication network at a time. A communication server handling an incoming communication directed to the multimodal endpoint first attempts to initiate a communication session using a first, preferred communication network. If the communication is completed or is responded to by the multimodal endpoint using the first network, an attempt to complete the communication using a second network is not initiated. Alternatively, if the first communication network is not available to deliver the communication to the multimodal endpoint, an attempt to complete the communication using the second communication network is initiated.

主权项

1. A method for session delivery to a multimodal endpoint, comprising:
registering a multimodal endpoint with a communication server, wherein a communication to the multimodal endpoint can be completed using at least a first communication network or a second communication network; receiving a first communication directed to the multimodal endpoint at the communication server; determining whether the first communication network is available and further comprising a delay sufficient to allow the determination that the first network is unavailable; and one of:
a) in response to determining that the first communication network is available, delivering the communication to the multimodal endpoint using the first communication network; orb) in response to determining that the first communication network is not available, delivering the communication to the multimodal endpoint using the second communication network; and wherein the first communication network utilizes a first communication network that includes an Internet protocol network, and wherein the second communication network utilizes a second communication network that includes the public switched telephony network.