Multimedia transfer for wireless network

• US 7,529,813 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2005
• Issued: 05/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Henriksson, Joonatan, Lim, Sharon
• Primary Examiner(s): Barqadle; Yasin M
• Application Number:
  US11/107,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253873A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,482 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-207, 709216-219, 709227-232, 455/412.1, 455/416, 725/62
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

A method for transferring a multimedia file from a user'"'"'s mobile device to user equipment associated with another user is disclosed. The method includes sending an invitation from the user'"'"'s mobile device to the user equipment to request a transfer of the multimedia file. The method also includes setting up a bearer data channel between the user'"'"'s mobile device and the equipment to facilitate the transferring of the multimedia file, the transferring is configured to be accomplished using Message Sessions Relay Protocol (MRSP) or Real-Time Transfer Protocol (RTP). The method further includes transferring the multimedia file using the MSRP or RTP and the bearer data channel.

Claims

1. A method for transferring a multimedia file from a user'"'"'s mobile device to user equipment associated with another user, comprising:

sending an invitation from said user'"'"'s mobile device through a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) facility to said user equipment to request a transfer of said multimedia file;

setting up a bearer data channel between said user'"'"'s mobile device and said equipment to facilitate said transferring of said multimedia file, said transferring is configured to be accomplished using Message Sessions Relay Protocol (MRSP);

transferring said multimedia file using said MSRP and said bearer data channel directly from said user'"'"'s mobile device to said user equipment, wherein said transferring said multimedia file using said MSRP is invoked by the CSCF facility when said invitation indicates a recipient is a single recipient; and

invoking by the CSCF facility routing of said invitation message to an application server to enable said application server to send said multimedia file to group members when said invitation indicates the recipient is a group.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said multimedia file is a video file.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said invitation is performed using SIP (Session Initiation Protocol).

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said setting up includes setting up using an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) command.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said user'"'"'s mobile device is a cellular phone.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said user'"'"'s mobile device is a portable computing device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said user'"'"'s mobile device is a personal information manager (PIM) device.