Arrangement for dynamically diverting communications having characteristics incompatible with a communication device to another device
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1. A method comprising:
- during set-up of a communications session with a first communication device that is able to communicate via communications having a first characteristic but is unable to communicate via communications having a second characteristic different from the first characteristic, substituting an indication of ability to communicate via communications having the first characteristic and via communications having the second characteristic for an indication by the first device of ability to communicate via communications having the first characteristic but not the second characteristic;
monitoring the communications session established for communicating in a first medium with the first device;
detecting in the communications session a communication directed to the first device and having the second characteristic; and
in response to the detecting, diverting the communication directed to the first device and having the second characteristic from the first device to a second communication device that is associated with the first communication device and that is able to communicate via the communications having the second characteristic.
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Abstract
A monitoring device monitors headers of packets on a communications session with a primary communications device, and when it detects packets of a medium that is incompatible with the primary device, it causes those packets to be diverted to a secondary device that is associated with the primary device and that is compatible with that medium. During set-up of the communications session, the monitoring device replaces or supplements the handshake of the primary device, thereby providing to the network a single handshake that identifies the media supported by the combination of the primary and secondary devices.
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1. A method comprising:
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during set-up of a communications session with a first communication device that is able to communicate via communications having a first characteristic but is unable to communicate via communications having a second characteristic different from the first characteristic, substituting an indication of ability to communicate via communications having the first characteristic and via communications having the second characteristic for an indication by the first device of ability to communicate via communications having the first characteristic but not the second characteristic; monitoring the communications session established for communicating in a first medium with the first device; detecting in the communications session a communication directed to the first device and having the second characteristic; and in response to the detecting, diverting the communication directed to the first device and having the second characteristic from the first device to a second communication device that is associated with the first communication device and that is able to communicate via the communications having the second characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
a device for substituting, during set-up of a communications session with a first communication device that is able to communicate via communications having a first characteristic but is unable to communicate via communications having a second characteristic different from the first characteristic, an indication of ability to communicate via communications having the first characteristic and via communications having the second characteristic for an indication by the first device of ability to communicate via communications having the first characteristic but not the second characteristic, for monitoring the communications session established for communicating in a first medium with the first device, for detecting in the communications session a communication directed to the first device and having the second characteristic, and for diverting, in response to the detecting, the communication directed to the first device and having the second characteristic from the first device to a second communication device that is associated with the first communication device and that is able to communicate via the communications having the second characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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