Inter-server multimodal network communications

• US 20070118656A1
• Filed: 11/18/2005
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Denny, Michael, Anderson, David
• Application Number:
  US11/283,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20070118656A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/353 where the information comprises non-audio but is provided over voice channels protocols for multimedia information services per se H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

Included is a method for communicating session information to a first communications device, the session information being related to a communications that is established between a second communications device and a third communications device. Embodiments of the method include receiving session information related to the second communications device and storing at least a portion of the session information related to the second communications device. Embodiments of the method also include communicating at least a portion of the session information to the first communications device and resuming the communications session with the first device and the third device using at least a portion of the session information.

Claims

1. A method for communicating session information to a first communications device, the session information being related to a communications session that is established between a second communications device and a third communications device, the method comprising:

receiving session information related to the second communications device, wherein a set of active communications devices for the communications session includes the second communications device and the third communications device;

storing at least a portion of the session information related to the second communications device;

communicating at least a portion of the session information to the first communications device; and

resuming the communications session with the first device and the third device using at least a portion of the session information, wherein the set of active communications devices for the communications session has changed from the second communications device and the third communications device to the first communications device and the third communications device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving session information related to the third communications device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising storing at least a portion of the session information related to the third communications device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating with a first communications network, wherein the first communications network is configured to facilitate communication between the first communications device and another communications device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising communicating with a second communications network, wherein the second communications network is configured to facilitate communication between the second communications device and another communications device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising facilitating a communications session between the second communications device and the third communications device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising facilitating a mode change during the communications session, wherein the mode change includes at least one of the following:

a device functionality change and a service provider change.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the session information includes an Extensible Markup Language (XML) framework.

9. A method for maintaining session information while facilitating a mode change during a communications session between a first device and a second device, the method comprising:

receiving information related to the communications session;

receiving mode change request from the first device;

determining whether the second device supports the requested mode change;

receiving a communication from the second device requesting at least a portion of the information related to the session; and

facilitating the mode change while maintaining the communications session.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein at least a portion of the session information includes data in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) framework.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the mode change includes at least one of the following:

a device change, a device functionality change, and a service provider change.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the session information includes at least one of the following:

data related to the first device, data related to the second device, data related to the third device, data related to at least one service provider, and data related to session length.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining whether the first communications device supports the mode change.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising communicating a signal indicating that at least one of the user devices does not support the mode change.

15. A computer readable medium configured to facilitate a device change to a first device from a second device, while maintaining a communications session with a third device, the computer readable medium comprising:

logic configured to receive information related to the communications session, wherein the communications session is established between the second communications device and the third communications device;

logic configured to store at least a portion of the information related to the communications session;

logic configured to receive a communication from the second device requesting a device change to the first communications device;

logic configured to receive a communication from the first device requesting at least a portion of the information related to the session; and

logic configured to communicate at least a portion of the information related to the communications session to the first communications device, so that the first communications device can join the communications session in place of the second communications device.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least a portion of the session information includes an Extensible Markup Language (XML) framework.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising logic configured to facilitate the communications session between the first device and the third device.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the session information includes at least one of the following:

data related to the first device, data related to the second device, data related to the third device, data related to at least one service provider, and data related to session length.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, farther comprising logic configured to facilitate mediation regarding the information related to the communications session.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising logic configured to communicate session information with a network coupled to the first communications device and a network coupled to the second communications device via a common protocol.