Patent ID: 8428074

Claim:
A method comprising: creating a first set of ports and a second set of ports on a proxy gatekeeper that is transparently coupled between a gatekeeper and a plurality of end-points, wherein the first set of ports represents one or more ports of the gatekeeper to the plurality of end-points and the second set of ports represents ports of the plurality of end-points to the gatekeeper; receiving a H.323 registration request (RRQ) initiated from an end-point of the plurality of end-points at a port of the first set of ports of the proxy gatekeeper, wherein the H.323 registration request (RRQ) is addressed to a port of the one or more ports of the gatekeeper; storing information provided with the H.323 registration request (RRQ) in a storage device associated with the proxy gatekeeper; sending, from the proxy gatekeeper, the H.323 registration request (RRQ) to the port of the gatekeeper; sending, from the proxy gatekeeper, a non-standard message (NSM) request in response to receiving an H.323 admission request (ARQ) initiated from an end-point at the port of the first set of ports of the proxy gatekeeper; and receiving a NSM response.