METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION-SESSIONS IN A NETWORK

• US 20090024760A1
• Filed: 02/22/2007
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Saha, Subir, Avasarala, Ranjit, Saklikar, Samir Dilipkumar, Seetharam, Ananth
• Application Number:
  US12/161,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20090024760A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/242
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• 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: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308

Abstract

A method for managing communication-sessions at a Communication Diversion Notification Server (CDNS) (108) in a network (100) is disclosed. The method includes receiving (404) a message. The method further includes sending (406) a communication-diversion-notification to the diverting user equipment (UE) (104) based on filter-criteria. The communication-diversion-notification is sent in response to the message. The communication-diversion-notification notifies the diverting UE about the diversion of the communication-session to a target UE (108).

Claims

1. A method of managing communication-sessions in a network, the method at a Communication Diversion Notification Server (CDNS) comprising:

receiving a message; and

sending a communication-diversion-notification to a diverting user equipment (UE) based. on filter-criteria, wherein the communication-diversion-notification is sent in response to the message, and wherein the communication-diversion-notification notifies the diverting UE about diversion of a communication-session to a target UE.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising diverting the communication-session to the target UE on receiving the message, wherein the communication-session is diverted based on a diversion-policy of the diverting UE.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the filter-criteria is defined by a user of the diverting UBE.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein sending the communication-diversion-notification comprises delivering the communication-diversion-notification at a pre-defined rate.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

storing the communication-diversion-notification when the diverting UE is at least one of powered-off and out of coverage of the network; and

sending the communication-diversion-notification to the diverting UE when the diverting UE is powered-on and within coverage of the network.

6. A Communication Diversion Notification Server (CDNS) comprising:

a memory capable of storing filter-criteria;

a processor capable of generating a communication-diversion-notification based on the filter-criteria, wherein the communication-diversion-notification notifies a diverting user equipment (QE) about diversion of a communication-session to a target UE; and

a transceiver capable of sending the communication-diversion-notification to the diverting UE.

7. The CDNS as recited in claim 6, wherein the filter-criteria determine content of the communication-diversion-notification.

8. The CDNS as recited in claim 6, wherein the content of the communication-diversion-notification is selected from the group comprising information associated with a caller UE, information associated with the diverting UE, information associated with the target UE, time of the diversion of the communication-session, one or more reasons for the diversion of the communication-session and a rule for diverting the communication-session.

9. The CDNS as recited in claim 6, wherein the communication-diversion-notification is based on Extensible Mark up Language (XML)-based schema.

10. The CDNS as recited in claim 6, wherein the communication-diversion-notification is provided by a communication-diversion notification-service, wherein the communication-diversion notification-service uses a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based Event Notification Framework.