Patent ID: 9729347
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for selection of a conference communications master server comprising: receiving a plurality of calls, wherein a first call of the plurality of calls contains first call media, a second call of the plurality of calls contains second call media, and the first call and the second call are each directed to a conference bridge; connecting the first call to a first conference server of a plurality of conference servers; connecting the second call to a second conference server of the plurality of conference servers; dynamically selecting the first conference server of the plurality of conference servers as a master conference server based on one or more performance metrics of each of the plurality of conference servers and geo-location information for each of the plurality of conference servers; bridging the master conference server and at least one of the plurality of conference servers not selected as the master conference server; directing the master conference server to provide communication services including organizing and mixing the call media from the master conference server and the at least one of the plurality of conference servers not selected as the master conference server to facilitate a conference bridge communication session; and dynamically, during the conference bridge communication session, selecting as the master conference server another one of the plurality of conference servers based on one or more performance metrics of each of the plurality of conference servers and geo-location information for each of the plurality of conference servers; wherein the performance metrics of each of the plurality of conference servers include one or more quality of service metrics selected from the group consisting of minimal error rates, memory usage, and lowest jitter.