Patent ID: 8041823
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. In a telecommunication system comprising a provider network having a plurality of sites, a method comprising: receiving, at a media server director of the provider network, at least one preference policy for selecting media servers to provide services to user endpoint devices; receiving, at the media server director of the provider network, registration information from a session border controller located at a select site of the plurality of sites, the registration information indicating that a user endpoint device has registered with the session border controller; determining, at the media server director, a preference order for media servers of the provider network for the session border controller based on the at least one preference policy and at least in part on the registration information; selecting, at the media server director, a media server of the provider network based on the preference order responsive to a request to establish a media session with the user endpoint device from an application server; and facilitating connection of the media session between the selected media server and the user endpoint device.