Client-based solution for seamless access to applications across networks

• US 8,301,780 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Kuan, David, Kalathur, Ramesh, Stoler, Moshe, Choksi, Ojas T., Vu, Trin D., Bui, Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Zele, Krista
• Assistant Examiner(s): FORMAN, JAMES Q
• Application Number:
  US11/527,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20080077654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,226 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227, 709/220, 455/567, 455/552.1
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

A client-based solution for seamless access to applications across networks is agnostic to the inter-network mix of application architectures with or without IMS. In one embodiment, the presence of an added layer of intelligence effectively traverses and is agnostic to the various standards layers.

Claims

1. A method for registering an application client with a network application across an inter-network mix of application architectures with or without IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), the method comprising:

initiating a registration process for registering the application client of a subscriber unit with the network application of a wireless network at the application client executing on the subscriber unit, the registration process including;

determining whether a standalone application platform for the network application of the wireless network is detected or not detected, wherein the standalone application platform is an application server that is not integrated with an IMS network of the wireless network; and

when the standalone application platform of the wireless network is detected, initiating a standalone mode registration process between the standalone application platform and the application client in response to detecting the standalone application platform; and

when the standalone application platform of the wireless network is not detected, checking to determine if an application availability notification has been received; and

initiating, in response to receiving the application availability notification and instead of the standalone mode registration process, an integrated mode registration process between the application client and the IMS network of the wireless network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network application is a push-to-talk application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether a standalone application platform for the network application of the wireless network is detected or not detected includes querying a domain name server of the wireless network for a regional location server address.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein if the regional location server address is resolved the standalone application platform is detected and if the regional location server address is not resolved the standalone application platform is not detected.

5. A wireless subscriber unit which is agnostic to an inter-network mix of application architectures with or without IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), the subscriber unit comprising:

memory containing an application client and instructions for registering the application client with a network application; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor to execute the instructions and wherein the instructions include;

initiating a registration process for registering the application client of the subscriber unit with the network application of a wireless network at the application client executing on the subscriber unit, including;

determining whether a standalone application platform for the network application of the wireless network is detected or not detected, wherein the standalone application platform is an application server that is not integrated with an IMS network of the wireless network; and

when the standalone application platform of the wireless network is detected, initiating a standalone mode registration process between the standalone application platform and the application client in response to detecting the standalone application platform; and

when the standalone application platform of the wireless network is not detected, checking to determine if an application availability notification has been received; and

initiating, in response to receiving the application availability notification and instead of the standalone mode registration process, an integrated mode registration process between the application client and the IMS network of the wireless network.

6. The subscriber unit of claim 5, wherein the network application is a push-to-talk application.

7. The subscriber unit of claim 5, wherein the determining of whether a standalone application platform for the network application of the wireless network is detected or not detected includes the processor querying a domain name server of the wireless network for a regional location server address.

8. The subscriber unit of claim 7, wherein if the regional location server address is resolved the standalone application platform is detected and if the regional location server address is not resolved the standalone application platform is not detected.