Load balancing in a central conferencing routing server

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PATENT NO 9374400
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14887165

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Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants. In one embodiment, the conferencing routing service may maintain a database of information or preferences associated with the conference requester and attempt to select a conference bridge based on the requester's information. Further, the conferencing routing service may receive performance information from a plurality of conference bridges that are able to conduct the collaboration conference and select a conference bridge in response to the performance information.

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  • LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

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Broadworth, Andrew James Thornton, US 17 254
Ellison, Gregory Thomas Erie, US 15 220

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