SESSION TRANSFER METHOD AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SESSION CONTINUITY
First Claim
1. A method for supporting session continuity for a terminal in a server, the method comprising:
- sending a session continuity operator policy to a first terminal, under a state that the first terminal is performing a session through an original network with a second terminal for sending one or more of voice and non-voice data through an original network;
receiving a session invite message from the terminal via a target network; and
sending a session invite message to the second terminal so as to transfer the session to the target network, in response to receipt of the session invite message.
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Abstract
According to the present invention, a service operator can immediately transfer an ongoing session to another network, accordingly it is capable of dealing with cases that a network is required to be temporarily stopped due to repairing/checking for the network, it is required to perform a network load balancing, it is required to more effectively perform the ongoing session, and the policy of the service operator is changed. And, according to the present invention, when the ongoing session is required to be transferred later even though it is not required to be immediately transferred, or session continuity operator policy is changed, it is capable of sending the session continuity operator policy to the terminal and then allowing the terminal to transfer the ongoing session to another network according to determination by itself.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for supporting session continuity for a terminal in a server, the method comprising:
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sending a session continuity operator policy to a first terminal, under a state that the first terminal is performing a session through an original network with a second terminal for sending one or more of voice and non-voice data through an original network; receiving a session invite message from the terminal via a target network; and sending a session invite message to the second terminal so as to transfer the session to the target network, in response to receipt of the session invite message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for transferring a session, the method comprising:
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receiving a session continuity operator policy while performing a session with a target terminal through an access to an original network; and determining whether the session is to be immediately transferred to a target network by checking a parameter in the session continuity operator policy. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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