Patent ID: 9392035
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: loading services by a media switch; if it is determined that other services are to be loaded, loading the other services by the media switch and ensuring a first service of the other services to load is an authentication service that is accepted from at least one trusted endpoint address; wherein loading the other services comprises loading a presence service which maintains information on all endpoints associated with the media switch via an endpoint locator service; wherein the presence service maintains information comprising at least one of entity availability that indicates a service's ability to accept connections or entity type that indicates one or more services offered by an endpoint; and wherein the presence service is configured to publish its own presence with itself when loaded, and is further configured to attempt an additional attachment as a master presence service that is awarded to a presence service that first attempts to be the master presence service, wherein the master presence service is configured to provide synchronized access information to shared data elements.