Recording session contents in a network

• US 20070118660A1
• Filed: 02/08/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Garcia-Martin, Miguel
• Application Number:
  US11/349,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20070118660A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1043 Gateway controllers, e.g. media gateway control protocol [MGCP] controllers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]

Abstract

A mechanism is disclosed whereby contents associated with a session can be stored in a network. A user can indicate commands such as start recording and stop recording in the network. The network can inform the user when recording stopped, perhaps due to reaching a storing limit or some error condition.

Claims

1. A network device for an IP multimedia network, the network device configured to control a session among at least two users, the network device comprising:

recording means for recording contents associated with the session in accordance with a recording request for recording the contents; and

notifying means for notifying information on a status of recording by the recording means.

2. The network device of claim 1, wherein the notifying means is configured to notify the information in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request.

3. The network device of claim 1, further comprising:

record event package instantiating means for instantiating a record event package for each recording session, wherein the notifying means is configured to notify information on the status of recording associated with said recording session.

4. The network device of claim 1, wherein

the notifying means is configured to notify the information on the status of recording upon receiving a subscription request.

5. A terminal device configured to transmit a recording request for recording, by a network device of an IP multimedia network, which controls a session, contents associated with the session.

7. The terminal device of claim 5, further configured to transmit a subscription request for obtaining information on a status of recording by the network device controlling the session.

8. The terminal device of claim 5, wherein the terminal device participates the session.

9. The terminal device of claim 5, wherein the terminal device is an authorized third party.

10. The terminal device of claim 5, further configured to transmit the recording request in a SIP request.

11. The terminal device of claim 5, further configured to transmit the recording request in a HTTP request.

6. A terminal device configured to transmit a subscription request for obtaining information on a status of recording, by a network device of an IP multimedia network, contents associated with a session, the network device controlling the session.

12. The terminal device of claim 6, further configured to transmit the subscription request in a SIP request.

13. The terminal device of claim 6, further configured to transmit the subscription request relating to a record event package associated with a recording session.

14. A method of controlling a session in an IP multimedia network among at least two users, the method comprising:

recording contents associated with the session in accordance with a recording request for recording the contents; and

notifying information on a status of recording.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the recording request comprises a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request or a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request and wherein the recording request requests at least start or stop of recording.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the information on the status of recording includes at least one of information on whether contents are being recorded or not, a number of stored contents, a storage size, a storage limit, and a time of start/stop of recording.

17. A method for use in a terminal device, comprising the step of:

transmitting a recording request for recording, by a network device of an IP multimedia network, which controls a session, contents associated with the session.

18. A method for use in a terminal device, comprising the step of:

transmitting a subscription request for obtaining information on a status of recording, by a network device of an IP multimedia network, contents associated with a session, the network device controlling the session.

19. A computer program embodied within a computer readable medium configured to control a session in an IP multimedia network among at least two users, the computer program being configured to perform the steps of:

recording contents associated with the session in accordance with a recording request for recording the contents; and

notifying information on a status of recording.

20. The computer program product according to claim 19, wherein the computer program is directly loadable into an internal memory of the processing device.