Method for managing sessions between network parties, methods, network element and terminal for managing calls
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- registering a first party to a network,receiving an invitation message from said first party inviting a second party to a session,determining from a session information relating to said session whether said session is to be retained by said network,retaining the session by the network in response to the determining,said retaining comprising storing of at least part of said session information for a subsequent re-establishment or release of said session by said network on behalf of said first party,releasing said retained session by said network towards said second party on behalf of said first party, when said first party deregisters from said network or loses connection with said network,re-establishing said retained session by said network towards said second party on behalf of said first party, when said first party repeatedly registers to said network or re-establishes connection with said network,wherein said method is used for managing multiple simultaneous sessions between parties participating in one or a plurality of group calls, and wherein each of said parties is destined for being in respective sessions with all of the other parties or at least some of the other parties, at least the sessions between said first party and further parties being respectively divided ina first subsession between said first party and a network element, anda second subsession between said network element and a call-signaling entity serving a group call with at least one of said further parties,thereby combining first subsessions in a combined session between said first party and said network element,wherein said network element stores information in a register, said information indicating remembered sessions for parties.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a management of sessions between parties being connectable with a network. Thereby a first party registers to the network and invites a second party to a session. It is determined from a session information whether said session is to be retained by the network. The retaining comprises storing at least part of the session information for a subsequent re-establishment or release of the session by the network on behalf of said first party, releasing said retained session by the network towards the second party on behalf of the first party, when the first party deregisters from the network or loses connection to the network, re-establishing the retained session by the network towards the second party on behalf of the first party, when the first party repeatedly registers to said network or re-establishes connection with said network. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods and a network element for managing multiple simultaneous sessions between parties participating in one or a plurality of calls and to a corresponding terminal.
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33 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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registering a first party to a network, receiving an invitation message from said first party inviting a second party to a session, determining from a session information relating to said session whether said session is to be retained by said network, retaining the session by the network in response to the determining, said retaining comprising storing of at least part of said session information for a subsequent re-establishment or release of said session by said network on behalf of said first party, releasing said retained session by said network towards said second party on behalf of said first party, when said first party deregisters from said network or loses connection with said network, re-establishing said retained session by said network towards said second party on behalf of said first party, when said first party repeatedly registers to said network or re-establishes connection with said network, wherein said method is used for managing multiple simultaneous sessions between parties participating in one or a plurality of group calls, and wherein each of said parties is destined for being in respective sessions with all of the other parties or at least some of the other parties, at least the sessions between said first party and further parties being respectively divided in a first subsession between said first party and a network element, and a second subsession between said network element and a call-signaling entity serving a group call with at least one of said further parties, thereby combining first subsessions in a combined session between said first party and said network element, wherein said network element stores information in a register, said information indicating remembered sessions for parties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A memory storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
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registering a first party to a network, receiving an invitation message from said first party inviting a second party to a session, determining from a session information relating to said session whether said session is to be retained by said network, retaining the session by the network in response to the determining, said retaining comprising storing of at least part of said session information for a subsequent re-establishment or release of said session by said network on behalf of said first party, releasing said retained session by said network towards said second party on behalf of said first party, when said first party deregisters from said network or loses connection with said network, re-establishing said retained session by said network towards said second party on behalf of said first party, when said first party repeatedly registers to said network or re-establishes connection with said network, wherein said method is used for managing multiple simultaneous sessions between parties participating in one or a plurality of group calls, and wherein each of said parties is destined for being in respective sessions with all of the other parties or at least some of the other parties, at least the sessions between said first party and further parties being respectively divided in a first subsession between said first party and a network element, and a second subsession between said network element and a call-signaling entity serving a group call with at least one of said further parties, thereby combining first subsessions in a combined session between said first party and said network element, wherein said network element stores information in a register, said information indicating remembered sessions for parties. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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