Method and Devices for Message Disposition Notification after Session Termination

• US 20140025751A1
• Filed: 07/18/2012
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infinite Convergence Solutions Incorporated (Infinite Computer Solutions Limited)
• Original Assignee: Infinite Convergence Solutions Incorporated (Infinite Computer Solutions Limited)
• Inventors: Dietz, Geoffrey
• Granted Patent: US 8,898,235 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• 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

Abstract

This invention provides a method as well as a client apparatus and a server apparatus which will support sending and receiving a disposition notification to session based messaging clients after the message session has terminated.

Claims

1. ) A method to deliver a disposition message to a session based messaging client outside the messaging session including the steps of:

a. Setup of a messaging session

b. A first client apparatus receiving a message inside a messaging session

c. Termination of the messaging session

d. The first client apparatus sending a disposition notification that contains information associated with the message sent within the session to a second client

e. The second client receiving the disposition notification

f. The second client associating the disposition notification with the message sent inside the session.

2. ) A first client apparatus that sends a disposition notification of a session based chat message after the associated chat session has terminated.

3. ) The apparatus of claim 2 that uses the SIP message MESSAGE as described in RFC 3428 to send the disposition notification.

4. ) A second client apparatus which receives disposition notification of a session based chat message after the associated chat session has terminated.

5. ) The client apparatus of claim 4 that associates the disposition notification received outside the session with a message which was previously sent inside a chat session.

6. ) The apparatus of claim 5 that uses a CHAT feature tag instead of a PAGE-Mode feature tag in the disposition notification to indicate the disposition notification is associated with a previous message session.

7. ) The apparatus of claim 5 that uses the contact header field from the chat session to associate the disposition notification with a particular server and chat session.

8. ) A server apparatus which receives disposition notification of a session based chat message after the associated chat session has terminated.

9. ) A server apparatus which transmits disposition notification of a session based chat message after the associated chat session has terminated.