Patent ID: 7792940
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a processor configured to receive inputs and to communicate with a plurality of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication devices over a packet-switching network in accordance with the inputs; and wherein the processor is configured to receive a designation input designating the plurality of VoIP communication devices for reboot, receive a time input that defines a date and time to reboot the designated VoIP communication devices, determine a capability of the network to handle simultaneous requests by the designated VoIP communication devices to register on the network following a reboot, transmit, in response to the received designation and time inputs, a reboot signal to each of the designated VoIP communication devices instructing each of the designated VoIP communication devices to reboot, stagger the transmission of the reboot signals to the designated VoIP communication devices in accordance with the determined capability of the network, and detect and report at least one of a condition of at least one of the designated VoIP communication devices before reboot of the at least one of the designated VoIP communication devices is executed and a condition of the at least one of the designated VoIP communication devices after the reboot of the at least one of the designated VoIP communication devices is executed.