Apparatus and Method for Directing a Communication Session to a Communication Device of a Group of Devices Having a Common Registration Identity

• US 20130013796A1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Kim, Youngae, Allen, Andrew, Buckley, Adrian, Bakker, Jan John-Luc
• Granted Patent: US 9,264,452 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1089 by adding media; by removing media
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

An apparatus, and an associated method, for directing communications of a communication session to a selected communication device, or devices, of a group of commonly-registered devices. A device-direction policy is created and stored at a network entity. The policy identifies preferred devices to which communications of a communication session are to be provided. A SIP Invite, or other communication-session initiation message, is provided to the network entity. The network entity detects the message, accesses the policy, and forwards on the message in accordance with the policy.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a communication session having more than one media type, the method comprising:

receiving, by a second device from a network apparatus, a communication session invitation associated with establishing a communication session between a first device and the second device via the network apparatus, the communication session invitation offering more than one media type for the communication session; and

sending a response message, responsive to communication session invitation, the response message including one or more addresses of devices and corresponding media types for each of said devices, including at least an address for a third device and identifying at least one corresponding media type to be established at the third device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication session invitation is a SIP INVITE or SIP Re-invite message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the response message is a SIP 300 (Multiple Choices) response message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device and the third device are included in a group of devices associated with a common registration identity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the address for the third device includes a URI.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the URI is one of a GRUU, individual telephone number, individual SIP URI, or SIPS URI.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the network apparatus terminates a SIP dialog between the first device and the network apparatus, the network apparatus redirecting communications messages for media types to the second device or the third device based upon the media type.