Communication system and method for data web session transfer
First Claim
1. A communications system arranged such that connections to a first terminal supporting a communications session on the first terminal may be diverted during the course of the session such that the session may be continued on a second terminal, the communications system comprising:
- a server device for processing calls, means for creating a user profile on the server device, the user profile identifying a plurality of terminals, means for generating from the user profile a set of parameters defining a virtual terminal a store for parameters of the virtual terminal, said parameters being details of a current communications session made using a first terminal, means for diverting, on instructions from a user device, the routing of a communications connection supporting the session from the first terminal to a second terminal, means for transferring the details of the current session to the second terminal for use in continuing the session.
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Abstract
A method of operating a communications system such that connections supporting a communications session being run on a first terminal (1) may be diverted to a second terminal (2) such that the session may be coninued on the second terminal comprises the steps of creating a user profile on a server device (3), the user profile identifying a plurality of terminals (1,2), generating from the user profile a set of parameters defining a virtual terminal (12, 22), storing, as parameters of the virtual terminal, details of a current communications session (11) made using a first terminal, on instruction from one of the user terminals (1, 2), diverting the routing of a communications connection supporting the session from the first terminal (1) to a second terminal (2), and and transferring the details of the current session (11) to the second terminal for use in continuing the session. This process allows a user to continue a session on a second terminal if it becomes more convenient to do so, rather than having to start a new session and potentially losing any information obtained whilst using the first terminal.
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8 Claims
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1. A communications system arranged such that connections to a first terminal supporting a communications session on the first terminal may be diverted during the course of the session such that the session may be continued on a second terminal, the communications system comprising:
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a server device for processing calls, means for creating a user profile on the server device, the user profile identifying a plurality of terminals, means for generating from the user profile a set of parameters defining a virtual terminal a store for parameters of the virtual terminal, said parameters being details of a current communications session made using a first terminal, means for diverting, on instructions from a user device, the routing of a communications connection supporting the session from the first terminal to a second terminal, means for transferring the details of the current session to the second terminal for use in continuing the session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of operating a communications system such that a connection to a first terminal supporting a communications session on the first terminal may be diverted during the course of the session such that the session may be continued on a second terminal, the method comprising the steps of
creating a user profile on a server device, the user profile identifying a plurality of terminals, generating from the user profile a set of parameters defining a virtual terminal, storing, as parameters of the virtual terminal, details of a current communications session made using a first terminal, on instruction from the user, diverting the routing of a communications connection supporting the session from the first terminal to a second terminal, and transferring the details of the current session to the second terminal for use in continuing the session.
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