Patent ID: 8605648
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a first network entity coupled to an H.324 gateway and a called party, the first network entity configured to receive a request from a calling party to establish a communication channel for traffic with the called party identified in the request, to determine a type of the traffic identified in the request, to route the request to the called party when the request is for a first type of the traffic, and to redirect the request when the request is for a second type of the traffic, the first type comprising speech-type, circuit switched traffic and the second type comprising multimedia, packet switched traffic including a video call type not supported at the first network entity without conversion, the calling party sending the request over a packet switched network in accordance with a session initiation protocol to the first network entity, wherein the first network entity comprises a mobile switching center server system, wherein the mobile switching center server system redirects the request to a session initiation protocol gateway when the request is for the second type; and a second network entity coupled to the session initiation protocol gateway and the calling party, wherein the H.324 gateway and the session initiation protocol gateway are coupled to enable communication in accordance with an H.323 protocol, the second network entity configured to receive the redirected request when the redirected request is of the second type, to convert the redirected request from the session initiation protocol to another protocol supported by the first network entity.