Integrating multimedia capabilities with legacy networks
First Claim
1. A multimedia server comprising:
- a server associated with a telephony server and adapted to;
receive a request for a voice component for a target user from the telephony server;
create a multimedia component in parallel with a voice component for the target user; and
maintain association with signaling paths of both the voice component and the multimedia component such that multimedia services may be provided during the course of the voice component.
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Abstract
A communications system that supports multimedia components is easily adapted to existing network elements. Voice components arriving at or coming from a user having multimedia capabilities are referred from a telephony server serving the user to a multimedia server. A determination is made as to whether the other party supports multimedia capabilities. If that determination is negative, the component is passed back to the telephony server with an indication that the session is coming from the multimedia server to avoid an infinite loop. If the determination is positive, a parallel multimedia component is established between the parties while the multimedia server remains aware of the bearer path.
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35 Claims
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1. A multimedia server comprising:
a server associated with a telephony server and adapted to;
receive a request for a voice component for a target user from the telephony server;
create a multimedia component in parallel with a voice component for the target user; and
maintain association with signaling paths of both the voice component and the multimedia component such that multimedia services may be provided during the course of the voice component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A telephony server comprising:
a server associated with a multimedia server and adapted to pass a voice component for a user to the multimedia server for management of parallel voice and multimedia components. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of communicating comprising:
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receiving, at a multimedia server, a voice component for a target user from a telephony server;
creating a multimedia component in parallel with the voice component for the target user; and
maintaining association at the multimedia server with a signaling path associated with the voice component and the multimedia component such that multimedia services may be provided during the course of the voice component. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of communicating comprising:
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associating a telephony server with a multimedia server; and
passing a voice component for a user to the multimedia server. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of communicating comprising:
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receiving, at a multimedia server, a multimedia component for a target user;
creating a voice component in parallel with the multimedia component for the target user; and
maintaining association at the multimedia server with a signaling path associated with the voice component and the multimedia component such that multimedia services may be provided during the course of the voice component. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer readable medium comprising blender software adapted to:
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receive a session request for a target user;
separate the session request into a voice component and a multimedia component; and
contact the target user for establishment of the voice component and multimedia component. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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