METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING A MEDIA SESSION

• US 20110131332A1
• Filed: 05/25/2010
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Bouazizi, Imed
• Application Number:
  US12/787,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20110131332A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1093 by adding participants; by removing participants
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

Various methods for transferring a media session are provided. One example method includes triggering a media session transfer from a media receiver device, and providing a session transfer message to a network device. In this regard, the media receiver device and network device have communications connections to a network. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

triggering a media session transfer, wherein the media session transfer being a transfer of a media session from a media receiver device to a target media receiver device; and

providing a media session transfer message to a network device, wherein the media receiver device and network device have communications connections to a network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media session transfer message comprises an identification of media content to be transferred.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

querying a list of one or more candidate media receiver devices, the one or more candidate media receiver devices being configured to accept a media session transfer;

receiving a selection of a target media receiver device, the target media receiver device being one of the one or more candidate media receiver devices

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the media session transfer message comprises an instruction to the network device to notify one or more candidate media receiver devices of a pending media session transfer.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the media session transfer message comprises providing the media session transfer message to the network device via an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem network, the network device being a device implementing a Service Control Function, and the media session transfer message being a Session Initiation Protocol message.

6. The method of claim 2 further comprising at least one of:

determining a target media receiver device based on a user defined receiver device priority and a current status of the media receiver device;

determining a target media receiver device based on a current location of the media receiver device; and

determining a target media receiver device in response to detecting a candidate media receiver device.

14. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having executable computer-readable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program code instructions when executed cause an apparatus to perform the method according to claim 1.

7. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

trigger a media session transfer, wherein the media session transfer being a transfer of a media session from a media receiver device to a target media receiver device; and

provide a media session transfer message to a network device, wherein the media receiver device and network device have communications connections to a network.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said media session transfer message comprises an identification of media content to be transferred.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to perform at least the following:

query a list of one or more candidate media receiver devices, the one or more candidate media receiver devices being configured to accept a media session transfer; and

receive a selection of a target media receiver device, the target media receiver device being one of the one or more candidate media receiver devices.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the media session transfer message comprises an instruction to the network device to notify one or more candidate media receiver devices of a pending media session transfer.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus provides the media session transfer message to the network device via an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem network, the network device being a device implementing a Service Control Function, and the media session transfer message being a Session Initiation Protocol message.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to perform at least one of the following:

determine a target media receiver device based on a user defined receiver device priority and a current status of the media receiver device;

determine a target media receiver device based on a user defined receiver device priority and a current location of the media receiver device; and

determine a target media receiver device in response to detecting candidate media receiver device.

13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile terminal.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, at a network device, a media session transfer message, wherein the media session transfer being a transfer of a media session from a media receiver device to a target media receiver device, the media session transfer message comprises an identification of media content to be transferred; and

providing a notification message to facilitate establishing a media session at the target media receiver device based on the media session transfer message.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the media session transfer message comprises an indication of a selection of the target media receiver device as a destination for a media session transfer.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the notification message comprises providing the notification to one or more candidate media receiver devices to prepare the one or more candidate media receiver devices for a pending session transfer, the one or more candidate media receiver devices comprise the target media receiver device.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein receiving the media session transfer message comprises receiving the media session transfer message via an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem network at a network device implementing a Service Control Function, the session transfer message being a Session Initiation Protocol message.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein establishing a media session at a target media receiver device comprises providing a Session Initiation Protocol message to the target media receiver device to establish the media session.

26. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having executable computer-readable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program code instructions when executed cause an apparatus to perform the method according to claim 15.

20. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

receiving a media session transfer message from a media receiver device, the media session transfer message including an identification of media content to be transferred; and

providing a notification message to facilitate establishing a media session at a target media receiver device based on the media session transfer message.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the media session transfer message comprises an indication of a selection of the target media receiver device as a receiver for a media session transfer.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the apparatus being caused to provide the notification message to one or more candidate media receiver devices to prepare the one or more candidate media receiver devices for a pending session transfer, the one or more candidate media receiver devices including the target media receiver device.

23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the apparatus receives the media session transfer message includes receiving the media session transfer message via an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem network at a network device implementing a Service Control Function, the session transfer message being a Session Initiation Protocol message.

24. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the apparatus being caused to provide a Session Initiation Protocol message to the target media receiver device to establish the media session.

25. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the apparatus comprises a network server.