SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING THIRD-PARTY CALL CONTROL AND DEVICE CONTROL RELATIVE TO THIRD-PARTY CALL CONTROL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for facilitating third-party call control using a peer-to-peer configuration with the SIP.;SOLUTION: The system and method comprise protocols for modeling a communication device as a logical representation and a physical representation thereof; associating the logical representation and the physical representation with unique identifiers; identifying all of the communication devices on a network; determining the relationships between the identified communication devices; establishing a device control channel for each physical representation; establishing a call control channel for each logical representation; controlling the logical representation and the physical representation via the call and device control channels; monitoring the state of the logical representation and the physical representation via the call and device control channels; and, storing data representing the state of the logical representation and the physical representation.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI