Method, apparatus and program product for merging communication sessions in an IMS
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1. A method, comprising:
- controlling, with a merging entity having at least one microprocessor, communication of a first user and a second user, the communication comprising a first session and a second session;
determining, with the merging entity, if communication service identifiers, comprising an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) communication service identifier, are indicated for the first session and for the second session, the IMS communication service identifiers identifying a type of communication service in use by the first session and the second session;
determining whether communication service identifiers indicated for the first session and for the second session are the same IMS communication service identifier; and
merging the first session and the second session into an existing session between the first user and the second user based on determining that the communication service identifiers for the first session and the second session are the same,wherein the merging entity is implemented in a user equipment of the first user or the second user.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a session merging entity in a communication system IMS. The merging entity is handling communication of the first user; the communication comprises a first session and a second session. The first session and the second session are merged into a single session towards the second user, if the same IMS communication service identifier has been indicated for the first session and the second session. The merging entity may also be located at the terminal device of the second user.
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1. A method, comprising:
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controlling, with a merging entity having at least one microprocessor, communication of a first user and a second user, the communication comprising a first session and a second session; determining, with the merging entity, if communication service identifiers, comprising an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) communication service identifier, are indicated for the first session and for the second session, the IMS communication service identifiers identifying a type of communication service in use by the first session and the second session; determining whether communication service identifiers indicated for the first session and for the second session are the same IMS communication service identifier; and merging the first session and the second session into an existing session between the first user and the second user based on determining that the communication service identifiers for the first session and the second session are the same, wherein the merging entity is implemented in a user equipment of the first user or the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device comprising:
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a merging entity having at least one microprocessor, configured to control communication between a first user equipment and a second user equipment via a wireless network, the communication comprising a first session and a second session; and the merging entity comprising at least one processor, the at least one processor operable to determine if communication service identifiers comprising an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) communication service identifier are indicated for the first session and for the second session, the IMS communication service identifiers identifying a type of communication service in use by the first session and the second session, determine whether communication service identifiers indicated for the first session and for the second session are the same IMS communication service identifier, and merge the first session and the second session into an existing IMS session between the first user equipment and the second user equipment based on determining that the IMS communication service identifiers for the first session and the second session are the same IMS communication service identifier, wherein the merging entity is implemented in a user equipment of the first user or the second user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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