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Method and apparatus for controlling communications

  • US 8,442,517 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2006
  • Issued: 05/14/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling a communication established between terminals through a telecommunications system, comprising the steps of:

  • a) detecting a malfunction event related to a communication established between the terminals,b) determining that there is a faulty terminal and a non-faulty terminal between said terminals according to the malfunction event,c) detecting in the telecommunications system a terminal registered for a user identifier which was registered through the faulty terminal or which is related by subscription to said user identifier,route a message received from a terminal involved in said communication towards another terminal involved in said communication which requires a reply,start a timer for receiving said reply,determine said another terminal as the faulty terminal if said reply is not received at time-out of said timer, andd) establishing from the telecommunications system a new communication between said registered terminal and said non-faulty terminal.

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