Central conferencing routing server

摘要

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants.

主权项

1. A system for selecting a conference bridge associated with a network for hosting a collaboration conference event, the system comprising:
a network interface unit configured to receive a communication from a user of a communications network to establish a collaboration conference on the network; a processing device in communication with the network interface unit; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium connected to the processing device configured to store information and instructions that, when executed by the processing device, performs the operations of:
transmitting one or more requests for performance information to one or more conference bridges associated with the network;analyzing the performance information received from the one or more conference bridges associated with the network; wherein the performance information comprises a number of available ports from each of the one or more conference bridges; andselecting one of the one or more conference bridges associated with the network for hosting the collaboration conference event based at least on the performance information, wherein the selection is at least based on a percentage of available ports from one of the one or more conference bridges.