Associated device discovery in IMS networks
First Claim
1. A method for a mobile device to act as a switch between a cellular network and a Personal Area Network (PAN) proximate to the mobile device, the method comprising:
- sensing one or more devices proximate to a mobile device;
creating the PAN for the one or more devices proximate to the mobile device using a local network;
creating a cellular network session;
using both the local network and the cellular network session, to provide a gateway between the cellular network and the one or more devices in the PAN; and
controlling the PAN,wherein, during the cellular network session, the mobile device is the only device visible to or directly addressable by the cellular network, and the one or more devices access the cellular network through the mobile device while the mobile device is configured to simultaneously maintain a voice call over a circuit switched network with which the mobile device communicates without use of any of the one or more devices as an intervening device, wherein the mobile device is configured to invite a Media server (MS) or an Application server (AS) into the session.
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Abstract
A method of associating multiple user endpoints (UEs) with a single IMS session in an IMS network having a serving node for controlling at least one IMS session for a user and at least a first access network for providing access to UEs. The method involves associating a first UE with the user and with an IMS session; discovering a second UE in a proximity of the first UE; discovering information about the second UE; communicating the information about the second UE to the serving node; the serving node utilizing computer-implemented policy logic to determine whether to associate the second UE with the user and the IMS session; and if the policy logic determines that the second UE is to be associated, the serving node associating the second UE with the IMS session while retaining the association with the first UE.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for a mobile device to act as a switch between a cellular network and a Personal Area Network (PAN) proximate to the mobile device, the method comprising:
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sensing one or more devices proximate to a mobile device; creating the PAN for the one or more devices proximate to the mobile device using a local network; creating a cellular network session; using both the local network and the cellular network session, to provide a gateway between the cellular network and the one or more devices in the PAN; and controlling the PAN, wherein, during the cellular network session, the mobile device is the only device visible to or directly addressable by the cellular network, and the one or more devices access the cellular network through the mobile device while the mobile device is configured to simultaneously maintain a voice call over a circuit switched network with which the mobile device communicates without use of any of the one or more devices as an intervening device, wherein the mobile device is configured to invite a Media server (MS) or an Application server (AS) into the session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A mobile device configured to act as a switch in a session with a cellular network comprising:
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a transceiver to communicate with the cellular network; and logic stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to; sense one or more devices proximate to the mobile device; create the PAN for the one or more devices proximate to the mobile device using a local network; create a cellular network session; use both the local network and the cellular network session, to provide a gateway between the cellular network and the one or more devices in the PAN; and control the PAN, invite a Mediaserver (MS) or an Application server (AS) into the cellular network session, wherein, during the cellular network session, the mobile device is the only device visible to or directly addressable by the cellular network, and the one or more devices access the cellular network through the mobile device while the mobile device simultaneously maintains a voice call over a circuit switched network with which the mobile device communicates without use of any of the one or more devices as an intervening device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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