Patent ID: 8897172
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for managing an IP telephony network having a plurality of sites, the system comprising: a configuration map including a location of each of the sites in the IP telephony network relative to at least one other site and organizing the plurality of sites in the IP telephony network according to a tree-like hierarchy; a routine for managing the IP telephony network, the routine having access to the configuration map; a first IP telephony element having a first association with a parent site, wherein a location of the first IP telephony element relative to other IP telephony elements in the IP telephony network is stored in the configuration map; and a second IP telephony element having a second association with the first IP telephony element, wherein the routine (1) determines a parent site of the second IP telephony element based upon the first IP telephony element and (2) stores the second association, wherein the second association associates the determined parent site with the second IP telephony element in the configuration map.