Method for generating and sending signaling messages
First Claim
1. A text-based signaling method comprising:
- transmitting a signaling message from a sending node to a receiving node as a binary-encoded message;
transmitting a binary interpreter from the sending node to the receiving node for converting the binary-encoded message to a text message at the receiving node.
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Abstract
A signaling method reduces bandwidth requirements and signaling delays normally associated with sending text-based signaling messages over a wireless links. An application at a transmitting endpoint generates and sends a binary-encoded signaling message, along with a binary interpreter that enables the receiving endpoint or SIP server to construct a text-based message from the binary encoded message. The binary-encoded signaling message may include references to a saved state, or to a dictionary to enable compression of the message. The signaling method can be used with any text-based signaling protocol, such as the Session Initiation Protocol, the Session Description Protocol, and the Real Time Streaming Protocol.
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12 Claims
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1. A text-based signaling method comprising:
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transmitting a signaling message from a sending node to a receiving node as a binary-encoded message;
transmitting a binary interpreter from the sending node to the receiving node for converting the binary-encoded message to a text message at the receiving node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A communication device comprising:
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an application for communicating with remote devices;
a SIP client 40 interfacing with said application to perform signaling operations for establishing communication sessions with remote devices, said SIP client 40 operative to transmit binary encoded signaling messages to said remote device and to transmit a binary interpreter for converting said binary-encoded signaling message into a text message to said remote device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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