Patent ID: 9641691
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A system for managing an IP telephony network having a plurality of sites, comprising: a configuration map organizing each of the plurality of sites in the IP telephony network relative to at least one other site; a routine for managing the IP telephony network, the routine having access to the configuration map; a first IP telephony element having a first association with a parent site, wherein a location of the first IP telephony element relative to other IP telephony elements in the IP telephony network is defined in the configuration map; and a second IP telephony element having a second association with the first IP telephony element, wherein the routine determines a parent site of the second IP telephony element based upon the first IP telephony element and associates the determined parent site with the second IP telephony element in the configuration map.