Session update using management of capability of terminal

• US 8,175,597 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2007
• Issued: 05/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Song, Jae-Seung, Yoon, Kyung-Ae, Ra, Mi-Seon, Kim, Hyun-Sook
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US12/521,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20100093346A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,638 Days
• Field of Search: 455/435, 455/445, 370329-341, 370/468, 370/395, 709203-206, 709/247
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities

Abstract

A method and device for updating a session in a terminal. The method includes: performing one or more services with one or more entities; and transmitting, to a management server, a capability information update message, including information about one or more changed capabilities, when one or more capabilities change, in order to notify the one or more entities of the one or more changed capabilities. The information about the one or more changed capabilities comprises a parameter indicating a version of the information about the one or more changed capabilities. The method further includes updating a session with the one or more entities by using the information about the one or more changed capabilities.

Claims

1. A method for updating a session in a terminal, comprising:

a) performing one or more services with one or more entities;

b) transmitting, to a management server, a capability information update message including information about one or more changed capabilities, when one or more capabilities change, in order to notify the one or more entities of the one or more changed capabilities,

wherein the information about the one or more changed capabilities comprises a parameter indicating a version of the information about the one or more changed capabilities; and

c) updating a session with the one or more entities by using the information about the one or more changed capabilities.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before performing step a):

transmitting information about one or more capabilities to the management server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before performing step a):

transmitting a registration message to the management server;

receiving a capability information request message from the management server; and

transmitting a capability information response message including the information about at least one or more capabilities in response to the request.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the registration message is an SIP-based REGISTER message, the capability information request message is an SIP-based OPTIONS message, and the capability information response message is an SIP-based 200 OK message.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the registration message comprises one or more of a first parameter indicating whether or not a management function is used by the management server;

and a second parameter indicating a version of the capability information, wherein the second parameter is a capability version.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a reception success response message from the management server in response to the capability information update message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the capability information update message is a NOTIFY message, and the reception success response message is a 200 OK message.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the parameter indicating the version of the information about the one or more changed capabilities is represented as a ‘

Capability version.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating step c) comprises:

receiving a session initiation request message or a session update message from the one or more entities; and

transmitting an accept response message to the one or more entities.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the session initiation request message is an SIP-based INVITE message, and the accept response message is an SIP-based 200 OK message.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before the step c):

transmitting, by the management server, the information about the one or more capabilities changed to the one or more entities.

12. A method for managing one or more capabilities of a terminal by a server, comprising:

a) receiving, from one or more terminals, a capability information update message including information about one or more changed capabilities,

wherein the information about the one or more changed capabilities comprises a parameter indicating a version of the information about the one or more changed capabilities; and

b) transmitting the one or more information about the one or more changed capabilities of the one or more terminals to one or more entities connected with the one or more terminals in a session.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more entities request the server to notify about the corresponding capability information when the capability information of the terminal changes, or the one or more entities register in the server so that the server can notify about the corresponding capability information.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting a reception success response message to the one or more terminals in response to the received capability information update message.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the capability information update message is a NOTIFY message, and the reception success response message is an SIP-based 200 OK message.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the parameter indicating the version of the information about the one or more changed capabilities is represented as a ‘

Capability version’

.

17. A terminal, comprising:

a transmitting/receiving unit; and

a controller for controlling the transmitting/receiving unit to;

transmit, to a management server, information about one or more capabilities used for performing a service with one or more entities in order to notify the one or more entities of the information;

transmit, to the management server, information about one or more changed capabilities, when one or more capabilities change, in order to notify the one or more entities of the one or more changed capabilities,

wherein the information about the one or more changed capabilities comprises a parameter indicating a version of the information about the one or more changed capabilities; and

update a session with the one or more entities so as to be suitable for the changed capabilities.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the information about the one or more capabilities is transmitted in a capability information response message, and the information about the one or more changed capabilities is transmitted by being included in a capability information update message.

19. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the information about the one or more capabilities is transmitted in an SIP-based 200 OK message, and the information about the one or more changed capabilities is transmitted by being included in an SIP-based 200 OK message or a NOTIFY message.