Inventors:
James Arthur Hill - Shakopee MN
James Edwin Reaves - Raleigh NC
Matthew Charles Jackson - Raleigh NC
William K. Choi - San Jose CA
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited - Montreal
International Classification:
H04M 164
US Classification:
379 8814, 379 8812, 379 8816, 379 9312, 37914214, 37920107, 37920715, 37921102, 37921201, 37926509, 379902
Abstract:
An interactive voice response (IVR) system collects data associated with a telephone call, and provides the data to a server. The server transforms the data into a format consistent with a different telephony platform specification implemented by clients attached to the server such that the data can be retrieved by any client to which a telephone call is transferred. Data is also shared between remote servers when calls are transferred. The servers each broadcast their identity when initially connected to a wide area network. In response, each server on the network responds with their identify. Each server updates a table of servers in accordance with the messages exchanged.