Patent ID: 7778404
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method to be executed in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment, comprising: initiating a conversion process that involves a change from a first communications platform to a second communications platform; evaluating one or more digits of one or more patterns associated with a dial plan that is to be used in the second communications platform; designating one or more significant digits that match the one or more digits; generating one or more suggested patterns, each suggested pattern comprising at least one significant digit and one or more wildcards, each wildcard can match any digit in a specified range of digits; recommending the one or more suggested patterns to a user; receiving an election of a suggested pattern from the user; including the suggested pattern in a set of patterns of the dial plan associated with the second communications platform; and delivering the dial plan to an endpoint configured to initiate a call, the dial plan allowing the endpoint to collect a plurality of digits and match the collected digits to a pattern of the set of patterns.