Method, system and apparatus for causing a communication device to join a communication session
First Claim
1. A method for execution by a network element comprising:
- receiving from a first communication device an indication of a desire of said first communication device to establish a communication session;
identifying a device group associated with said first communication device, said device group comprising said first communication device and at least one second communication device;
responsive to said receiving and said identifying, determining if there exists an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device; and
responsive to determining that there does exist an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device, causing said first communication device to join said active communication session.
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Abstract
According to embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a method, system and apparatus for joining a communication session. A method comprises receiving from a first communication device an indication of a desire of the first communication device to establish a communication session; the first communication device having been associated with a device group comprising the first communication device and at least one second communication device. The method further comprises determining if there exists an active communication session with the at least one second communication device. The method further comprises, responsive to existence of the active communication session, causing the first communication device to join the active communication session.
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50 Claims
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1. A method for execution by a network element comprising:
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receiving from a first communication device an indication of a desire of said first communication device to establish a communication session; identifying a device group associated with said first communication device, said device group comprising said first communication device and at least one second communication device; responsive to said receiving and said identifying, determining if there exists an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device; and responsive to determining that there does exist an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device, causing said first communication device to join said active communication session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving from a first communication device an indication of a desire of said first communication device to establish a communication session;
said first communication device being associated with a device group comprising said first communication device and at least one second communication device;means for determining if there exists an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device; and means causing said first communication device to join said active communication session, said means for causing being responsive to determining that there does exist an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device.
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22. A system comprising an application server operable:
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to receive from a first communication device an indication of a desire of said first communication device to establish a communication session;
said first communication device being associated with a device group comprising said first communication device and at least one second communication device;to determine if there exists an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device; and responsive to determining that there does exist an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device, to cause said first communication device to join said active communication session. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable program code which, when executed by a computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus:
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to receive from a first communication device an indication of a desire of said first communication device to establish a communication session;
said first communication device being associated with a device group comprising said first communication device and at least one second communication device;to determine if there exists an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device; and responsive to determining that there does exist an active communication session involving at least one of said at least one second communication device, to cause said first communication device to join said active communication session.
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