System and method for allowing multiple devices to communicate in a network

• US 9,622,275 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Jain, Nikhil, Deshpande, Manoj M, Menendez, Jose R
• Primary Examiner(s): Yuen, Kan
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHANG, RICHARD K
• Application Number:
  US13/833,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20140269497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,488 Days
• Field of Search: 370328, 370352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1093 by adding participants; by removing participants
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers

Abstract

A method for allowing multiple devices to communicate includes initiating a multi-media communication session between a first device and a second device, each of the first and second device having access to at least one additional device, identifying at least a portion of the multi-media communication session to direct to the at least one additional device, the first device obtaining a unique identifier of the at least one additional device and directing the identified at least a portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device.

Claims

1. A method for conducting a multi-media communication session having an audio portion and a video portion between a first device and a second device, the second device having access to at least one additional device via a local area network, the method comprising:

identifying a portion of the multi-media communication session between the first device and the second device to direct to the at least one additional device, the identified portion comprising a selected one of the audio portion and the video portion, a remaining portion of the multi-media communication session comprising the other of the audio portion and the video portion;

the second device obtaining a unique identifier of the at least one additional device using an integration application local to the second device, the integration application configured to collect and organize information relating to additional devices accessible to the second device via the local area network;

the second device further obtaining information related to device capability of the at least one additional device using the integration application; and

the second device providing the unique identifier and the information related to the device capability of the at least one additional device to the first device, thereby prompting the first device to direct the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device while continuing to direct the remaining portion of the multi-media communication session to the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating a multi-media communication session between a first device and a second device further comprises authenticating the first device and the second device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the first device, the second device and the at least one additional device are individually addressable using a routable address.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein an element located within the at least one additional device is individually addressable using a routable address.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the routable address comprises an IP address that is correlated to a telephone number.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the IP address is correlated with the information related to the device capability of the at least one additional device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-media communication session is a voice-over-IP (VoIP) call.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the VoIP call comprises first data and second data, and wherein the second data is transferred to the at least one additional device and the first data is not transferred to the at least one additional device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device directing the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device comprises simulcasting the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the second device and to the at least one additional device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one additional device is chosen from a phone, a television, a tablet computing device, and a personal computing device.

11. A system for allowing a first phone at a first location to communicate with multiple devices at a second location, comprising:

a second phone located at the second location, the first phone and the second phone engaged in a multi-media communication session having an audio portion and a video portion;

an additional device accessible by the second phone via a local network;

wherein the second phone is configured to participate in identifying a portion of the multi-media communication session between the first phone and the second phone to route to at least one additional device and to obtain a unique identifier and information related to device capability of the at least one additional device using an integration application local to the second phone, the integration application configured to collect and organize information relating to additional devices accessible to the second phone via the local area network, the identified portion comprising a selected one of the audio portion and the video portion, a remaining portion of the multi-media communication session comprising the other of the audio portion and the video portion; and

wherein the second phone is configured to provide the unique identifier and the information related to the device capability of the at least one additional device to the first phone, thereby prompting the first phone to route the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device while continuing to route the remaining portion of the multi-media communication session to the second phone.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the first phone, the second phone and the at least one additional device are individually addressable using a routable address.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein an element located within the at least one additional device is individually addressable using a routable address.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the routable address comprises an IP address that is correlated to a telephone number.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the IP address is correlated with the information related to the device capability of the at least one additional device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the multi-media communication session is a voice-over-IP (VoIP) call.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the VoIP call comprises first data and second data, and wherein the second data is transferred to the at least one additional device and the first data is not transferred to the at least one additional device.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising authenticating the first device and the second device.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the portion of the multi-media communication session being routed to the at least one additional device comprises simulcasting the portion of the multi-media communication session to the second phone and to the at least one additional device.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one additional device is chosen from a phone, a television, a tablet computing device, and a personal computing device.

21. A system for allowing multiple devices to communicate, comprising:

means for initiating a multi-media communication session having an audio portion and a video portion between a first device and a second device, each of the first and second device having access to at least one additional device via a local area network;

means for identifying a portion of the multi-media communication session between the first device and the second device to direct to the at least one additional device, the identified portion comprising a selected one of the audio portion and the video portion, a remaining portion of the multi-media communication session comprising the other of the audio portion and the video portion, for the second device obtaining a unique identifier and information related to device capability of the at least one additional device using an integration application local to the second phone, the integration application configured to collect and organize information relating to additional devices accessible to the second device via the local area network, and for the second device providing the unique identifier and the information related to the device capability of the at least one additional device to the first device; and

means for prompting the first device to direct the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device while continuing to direct the remaining portion of the multi-media communication session to the second device.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the means for initiating a multi-media communication session between a first device and a second device further comprises means for authenticating the first device and the second device.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein each of the first device, the second device and the at least one additional device are individually addressable using a routable address.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein an element located within the at least one additional device is individually addressable using a routable address.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the routable address comprises an IP address that is correlated to a telephone number.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the IP address is correlated with the information related to the device capability of the at least one additional device.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein the multi-media communication session is a voice-over-IP (VoIP) call.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the VoIP call comprises first data and second data, and wherein the second data is transferred to the at least one additional device and the first data is not transferred to the at least one additional device.

29. The system of claim 21, wherein the first device directing the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device comprises means for simulcasting the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the second device and to the at least one additional device.

30. The system of claim 21, wherein the at least one additional device is chosen from a phone, a television, a tablet computing device, and a personal computing device.

31. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer code stored thereon for execution by a processor for allowing multiple devices to communicate, comprising:

a first code segment for initiating a multi-media communication session having an audio portion and a video portion between a first device and a second device, each of the first and second device having access to at least one additional device via a local area network;

a second code segment for identifying a portion of the multi-media communication session between the first device and the second device to direct to the at least one additional device, the identified portion comprising a selected one of the audio portion and the video portion, a remaining portion of the multi-media communication session comprising the other of the audio portion and the video portion;

an integration application configured to collect and organize information relating to additional devices accessible to the first device via a local area network;

a fourth code segment for the first device obtaining the unique identifier of the at least one additional device from the second device;

a fifth code segment for the first device obtaining information related to device capability of the at least one additional device from the second device; and

a sixth code segment for directing the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device in response to the unique identifier and the information related to the device capability of the at least one additional device obtained from the second device while continuing to direct the remaining portion of the multi-media communication session to the second device.

32. The computer-readable medium of claim 31, wherein the first code segment for initiating a multi-media communication session between a first device and a second device further comprises a seventh code segment for authenticating the first device and the second device.

33. The computer-readable medium of claim 31, wherein each of the first device, the second device and the at least one additional device are individually addressable using a routable address.

34. The computer-readable medium of claim 33, wherein an element located within the at least one additional device is individually addressable using a routable address.

35. The computer-readable medium of claim 33, wherein the routable address comprises an IP address that is correlated to a telephone number.

36. The computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein the IP address is correlated with the information related to the device capability of the at least one additional device.

37. The computer-readable medium of claim 31, wherein the multi-media communication session is a voice-over-IP (VoIP) call.

38. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein the VoIP call comprises first data and second data, and wherein the second data is transferred to the at least one additional device and the first data is not transferred to the at least one additional device.

39. The computer-readable medium of claim 31, wherein the first device directing the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device comprises simulcasting the identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the second device and to the at least one additional device.

40. The computer-readable medium of claim 31, wherein the at least one additional device is chosen from a phone, a television, a tablet computing device, and a personal computing device.

41. A method for sharing data among devices, comprising:

participating in a multi-media communication session having an audio portion and a video portion using a communication device;

the communication device using an integration application to collect and organize information relating to additional devices accessible to the communication device via a local network;

the communication device accessing at least one additional device located at the location at which the communication device is located via the local network;

the communication device obtaining information related to device capability of the at least one additional device via the integration application; and

transferring from the communication device an identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device, the identified portion comprising a selected one of the audio portion and the video portion, a remaining portion of the multi-media communication session comprising the other of the audio portion and the video portion, while continuing to participate in communicating the remaining portion of the multi-media communication session.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the communication device and the at least one additional device are individually addressable using a routable address.

43. The method of claim 42, wherein an element located within the at least one additional device is individually addressable using a routable address.

44. The method of claim 42, wherein the routable address comprises an IP address that is correlated to a telephone number.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the IP address is correlated with the information related to the device capability of the at least one additional device.

46. The method of claim 41, wherein the multi-media communication session is a voice-over-IP (VoIP) call.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein the VoIP call comprises first data and second data, and wherein the second data is transferred to the at least one additional device and the first data is not transferred to the at least one additional device.

48. A system for sharing data among devices, comprising:

a communication device configured to participate in a multi-media communication session having an audio portion and a video portion, the communication device having an integration application configured to collect and organize information relating to additional devices accessible to the communication device via a local area network;

at least one additional device, wherein the communication device is configured to access and obtain information related to device capability of the at least one additional device via the integration application; and

wherein the communication device is further configured to transfer an identified portion of the multi-media communication session to the at least one additional device, the identified portion comprising a selected one of the audio portion and the video portion, a remaining portion of the multi-media communication session including the other of the audio portion and the video portion, while continuing to participate in communicating the remaining portion of the multi-media communication session.