Methods for affiliating endpoints with a group and determining common communication capabilities for the affiliated endpoints
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1. In a communications system having a plurality of endpoints each comprising a logical entity and its physical counterpart, a method for group affiliation, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a first message from a requestor via application layer routing that includes an affiliation request for affiliating a new endpoint to a group to allow the new endpoint to participate in a subsequent communication session with at least one other endpoint affiliated to the group, wherein the communication session and the new endpoint'"'"'s participation in the communication session is established using at least one second subsequent message that is different from the first message, which includes the affiliation request;
generating a response to said affiliation request as a function of the type of affiliation request received; and
communicating the response to said affiliation request to said requestor via application layer routing, wherein the requestor is named and addressable at an application layer for enabling the application layer routing to the requestor.
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Abstract
In a communications system having a plurality of endpoints each including a logical entity and its physical counterpart, a method for group affiliation. The method including the steps of: receiving a first message from a requestor via application layer routing that includes an affiliation request; generating a response to the affiliation request as a function of the type of affiliation request received; and communicating the response to the affiliation request to the requestor via application layer routing.
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1. In a communications system having a plurality of endpoints each comprising a logical entity and its physical counterpart, a method for group affiliation, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first message from a requestor via application layer routing that includes an affiliation request for affiliating a new endpoint to a group to allow the new endpoint to participate in a subsequent communication session with at least one other endpoint affiliated to the group, wherein the communication session and the new endpoint'"'"'s participation in the communication session is established using at least one second subsequent message that is different from the first message, which includes the affiliation request; generating a response to said affiliation request as a function of the type of affiliation request received; and communicating the response to said affiliation request to said requestor via application layer routing, wherein the requestor is named and addressable at an application layer for enabling the application layer routing to the requestor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a communications system having a plurality of endpoints each comprising a logical entity and its physical counterpart, a method for determining at least one set of communications capabilities that are common to the physical counterparts of endpoints affiliated with a group, said method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving a list of endpoints affiliated with a group; retrieving the communications capabilities of the physical counterpart of each said affiliated endpoint; and determining whether at least one set of group communication capabilities can be generated that includes communications capabilities that are common to the physical counterparts of at least a subset of the affiliated endpoints, and if so generating said at least one set of group communications capabilities. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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