INTER-WORKING WITH A WALLED GARDEN FLOOR-CONTROLLED SYSTEM

• US 20110119404A1
• Filed: 11/17/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Maes, Stéphane H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,583,830 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/249
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for inter-working between a walled garden service such as a push-to-talk service and a communication session outside of the walled garden service. According to one embodiment, a system can comprise a first communication network adapted to provide a walled garden service and support a first communication session of the walled garden service and a second communication network adapted to support a second communication session. The second communication session can occur outside of the walled garden service. The system can also include an inter-working service communicatively coupled with the first communication network and the second communication network. The inter-working service can be adapted to provide an interface between the first communication session and the second communication session.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first communication network adapted to provide a walled garden service and support a first communication session of the walled garden service;

a second communication network adapted to support a second communication session, wherein the second session occurs outside of the walled garden service;

an inter-working service communicatively coupled with the first communication network and the second communication network, the inter-working service adapted to provide an interface between the first communication session and the second communication session.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the inter-working service is adapted to participate in the first communication session as a client of the walled garden service and participate in the second communication session as a client of the second communication session.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the walled garden service comprises a Push-To-Talk (PTT) service or a Push-to-talk-Over-Cellular (POC) service.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the second network comprises a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the second communication session comprises one of a conference, a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) session, an Instant Messaging (IM) session, an Instant Messaging (IM) multimedia session, and a voice chat session.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the first communication network and the second communication network are implemented on different technologies or are provided by different service providers.

7. The system of claim 2, further comprising a first set of clients communicatively coupled with the first communications network and a second set of clients communicatively coupled with the second communications network, wherein the first set of clients are adapted to participate in the first communication session with the inter-working service and the second set of clients are adapted to participate in the second communication session with the inter-working service.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the inter-working service is further adapted to receive an invitation from a client of the first set of clients for a client of the second set of clients to participate in the first communication session, authorize the invitation, invite the client of the second set of clients to participate in the first communication session, receive an acceptance from the client of the second set of clients, and establish a connection between the first communication session and the client of the second set of clients.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the invitation from the client of the first set of clients identifies the client of the second set of clients.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the invitation from the client of the first set of clients identifies the client of the second set of clients based on shared presence information.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein establishing a connection between the first communication session and the client of the second set of clients comprises negotiating codecs between the client of the first set of clients and the client of the second set of clients.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein establishing a connection between the first communication session and the client of the second set of clients comprises performing media conversion between the first communication session and the client of the second set of clients.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the inter-working service is further adapted to receive an invitation from a client of the second set of clients for a client of the first set of clients to participate in the second communication session, authorize the invitation, invite the client of the first set of clients to participate in the second communication session, receive an acceptance from the client of the first set of clients, and establish a connection between the second communication session and the client of the first set of clients.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the invitation from the client of the second set of clients identifies the client of the first set of clients.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the invitation from the client of the second set of clients identifies the client of the first set of clients based on shared presence information.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein establishing a connection between the second communication session and the client of the first set of clients comprises negotiating codecs between the client of the first set of clients and the client of the second set of clients.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein establishing a connection between the second communication session and the client of the first set of clients comprises performing media conversion between the second communication session and the client of the first set of clients.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the walled garden service is further adapted to provide floor control functions for the first communication session.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the inter-working service is adapted to provide the floor control functions to the second communication session.

20. A method of inter-working with a walled garden service, the method comprising:

participating in a first communication session, wherein the first communication session comprises a session of the walled garden service and participating in the first communication session comprises participating as a client of the walled garden service; and

participating in a second communication session, wherein the second communication session is outside of the walled garden service and participating in the second communication session comprises participating as a client of the second communication session.