Media Session Resumption in Web Session Restoration

• US 20160173464A1
• Filed: 12/10/2014
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Song, Xin, Li, Zhuoming, Wang, Xiaobo
• Granted Patent: US 9,705,864 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2514 between local and global IP addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2575 using address mapping retrieval, e.g. simple traversal of user datagram protocol through session traversal utilities for NAT [STUN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2589 over a relay server, e.g. traversal using relay for network address translation [TURN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/06 for supporting key management in a packet data network cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management H04L9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A call establishing method comprising registering with a server to obtain authorization credentials, obtaining a client encryption key using the authorization credentials, wherein the client encryption key is uniquely associated with a web session, establishing a media session for the web session, creating a client side call state for the media session using the client encryption key, wherein the client side call state comprises call information that is associated with the web session and the media session, and wherein the client side call state is encrypted using the client encryption key, and storing the client side call state within a network device.

Claims

1. A call establishing method comprising:

registering a client with a server to obtain authorization credentials;

sending the authorization credentials to a signaling gateway to obtain a client encryption key, wherein the client encryption key is uniquely associated with a web session;

establishing a media session for the web session;

creating a client side call state for the media session using the client encryption key, wherein the client side call state comprises call information that is associated with the web session and the media session, and wherein the client side call state is encrypted using the client encryption key; and

storing the client side call state within a network device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the authorization credentials comprises a token.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the call information comprises a call session identifier that is associated with the web session and the media session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the media session comprises:

obtaining a Traversal Using Relays around Network Address Translator (TURN) message authentication code (MAC) using TURN long-term credentials associated with the client; and

providing the TURN MAC to a TURN server to authenticate the client.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the media session comprises:

receiving an Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) candidate for the media session from a Traversal Using Relays around Network Address Translator (TURN) server; and

providing the ICE candidate and Session Traversal Utilities for Network Address Translator (STUN) credentials that are associated with the client to the signaling gateway to request a media pinhole.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the call information for the client side call state comprises the STUN credentials that are associated with the client.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive signaling commands and data traffic; and

a processor coupled to a memory and the receiver, wherein the memory comprises computer executable instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium such that when executed by the processor causes the processor to;

detect a network reconnection triggering event on a client, wherein the network reconnection triggering event disconnects a web session and a media session;

send a registration request that comprises authorization credentials to a signaling gateway to restore the web session;

receive a client encryption key and a server side call state in response to the signaling gateway restoring the web session, wherein the client encryption key is associated with the web session, wherein the server side call state is associated with the media session and comprises call information associated with the media session;

decrypt a client side call state using the client encryption key to obtain call information from the client side call state; and

send a call restoration message to the signaling gateway that comprises a recovery header and at least a portion of the call information from the server side call state and at least a portion of the call information from the client side call state.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the computer executable instructions further cause the processor to generate the client side call state that comprises the call information for the media session using the client encryption key, wherein the client side call state is encrypted using the client encryption key.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the authorization credentials comprise a token, a session cookie, or both.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the authorization credentials are obtained by establishing the web session with the signaling gateway before the network reconnection triggering event.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the call information from the client side call state comprises Session Traversal Utilities for Network Address Translator (STUN) credentials that are associated with the media session.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the STUN credentials are used for authenticating the client.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the computer executable instructions further cause the processor to perform a Session Traversal Utilities for Network Address Translator (STUN) connectivity check with a media gateway using the STUN credentials.

14. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the computer executable instructions further cause the processor to:

use the call information from the client side call state to determine whether a relay service is needed to restore the media session; and

bypass the relay service to restore the media session when the relay service is not needed.

15. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the call restoration message comprises a call session identifier that is associated with the web session and the media session,

16. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the call information from the server side call state identifies a media pinhole address for restoring the media session.

17. An apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive signaling commands and data traffic;

a processor coupled to a memory and the receiver, wherein the memory comprises computer executable instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium such that when executed by the processor causes the processor to;

receive a registration request that comprises authentication credentials for a web session from a network device;

verify the authentication credentials;

send a client side encryption key to the network device in response verifying the authentication credentials;

determine whether to resume a media session for the network device using the authentication credentials;

send a server side call state to the network device upon determining to resume the media session;

receive a call restoration message from the network device that comprises a recovery header, call information from a client side call state, and call information from the server side call state;

validate the call restoration message; and

instruct a media gateway to set a media pinhole for the media session to a restoration mode in response to validating the call restoration message, wherein the setting the media pinhole to the restoration mode configures the media pinhole to receive connectivity requests from any internet protocol address.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the call information from the client side call state comprises Session Traversal Utilities for Network Address Translator (STUN) credentials.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the call restoration message comprises a call session identifier, and wherein validating the call restoration message comprises using the call session identifier to determine that a call session is active and to determine the media session is still active in the media gateway.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein validating the call restoration message comprises determining that the call restoration message is received within an allotted time.