Patent ID: 8743694

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for bypassing a mediation server in a communication path between at least two communication endpoints for a call between the at least two communication endpoints, the method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for: assigning, by a computing device, a unique bypass identifier to each network region identified by network configuration settings, each network region comprising a plurality of sites; assigning, by the computing device, sites within each network region that are not connected to the network region by way of a bandwidth constrained network link a same bypass identifier as the network region, and sites within each network region that are connected to the network region by way of the bandwidth constrained network link the unique bypass identifier; identifying, by the computing device, a bypass identifier for a gateway for the call containing media; identifying, by the computing device, a bypass identifier for a network endpoint for the call; determining, by the computing device, if the bypass identifier for the gateway is the same as the bypass identifier for the network endpoint; and causing, by the computing device, the media to bypass the mediation server if the bypass identifier for the gateway is the same as the bypass identifier for the network endpoint.