Content disposition system and method for processing message content in a distributed environment

• US 10,389,763 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2016
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Bakker, Jan Hendrik Lucas, Buckley, Adrian, Allen, Andrew Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Haresh N
• Application Number:
  US15/231,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20160353267A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,107 Days
• Field of Search: 709206, 709246, 709207, 709230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

In one embodiment, a wireless mobile User Equipment (UE) device comprises a message generator configured to send a SIP request message via a first IP network and a processor configured to process a SIP response message received from a network node via the first IP network, the processor further configured to process instructions to provide a treatment for at least one message body content of the SIP response message based on a value of a content type indicator independent of at least one of an absence of a content disposition indicator, a content disposition indicator without a value and a content disposition indicator having a value. The treatment, applied by the UE device, may comprise one of: (i) performing an Emergency Services (ES) call effectuated via a CS network and (ii) performing a registration and an ES call effectuated via an IP network.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

sending, by a User Equipment (UE) device, a request message via a first Internet Protocol (IP) network;

in response to sending said request message, receiving, at said UE device, a response message from a network node via said first IP network, the response message including a content type indicator, a content disposition indicator, and at least one message body content; and

in response to receiving the response message, providing a treatment for said at least one message body content based on a value of said content type indicator by overriding a default treatment specified by said content disposition indicator wherein the treatment comprises at least one of;

(i) performing an Emergency Services (ES) call effectuated via a circuit-switched network or (ii) performing a registration and an ES call effectuated via an IP network, wherein the registration involves sending a REGISTER message.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said response message comprises at least one directive.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said response message comprises an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said content type indicator indicates an XML media type or an XML-Based Media Type.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein said XML media type or said XML-Based Media Type is defined by an XML schema.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said content disposition indicator is provided in a Content-Disposition header field.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein said content type indicator is provided in a Content-Type header field.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein each of said Content-Disposition header field and said Content-Type header field takes on a value comprising textual information.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said IP network comprises a second IP network.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said treatment comprises providing an indication to a user.

11. A User Equipment (UE) device comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the processor, the programming instructions instruct the one or more processors to;

send, by said UE device, a request message via a first Internet Protocol (IP) network;

in response to sending said request message, receive, at said UE device, a response message from a network node via said first IP network, the response message including a content type indicator, a content disposition indicator, and at least one message body content; and

in response to receiving the response message, provide a treatment for said at least one message body content based on a value of said content type indicator by overriding a default treatment specified by said content disposition indicator wherein the treatment comprises at least one of;

(i) performing an Emergency Services (ES) call effectuated via a circuit-switched network or (ii) performing a registration and an ES call effectuated via an IP network, wherein the registration involves sending a REGISTER message.

12. The UE device as recited in claim 11, wherein said response message comprises at least one directive.

13. The UE device as recited in claim 11, wherein said response message comprises an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

14. The UE device as recited in claim 11, wherein said content type indicator indicates an XML media type or an XML-Based Media Type.

15. The UE device as recited in claim 14, wherein said XML media type or said XML-Based Media Type is defined by an XML schema.

16. The UE device as recited in claim 11, wherein said content disposition indicator is provided in a Content-Disposition header field.

17. The UE device as recited in claim 16, wherein said content type indicator is provided in a Content-Type header field.

18. The UE device as recited in claim 17, wherein each of said Content-Disposition header field and said Content-Type header field takes on a value comprising textual information.

19. The UE device as recited in claim 11, wherein said IP network comprises a second IP network.

20. The UE device as recited in claim 11, wherein said treatment comprises providing an indication to a user.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

sending, by a User Equipment (UE) device, a request message via a first Internet Protocol (IP) network;

in response to sending said request message, receiving, at said UE device, a response message from a network node via said first IP network, the response message including a content type indicator, a content disposition indicator, and at least one message body content; and

in response to receiving the response message, providing a treatment for said at least one message body content based on a value of said content type indicator by overriding a default treatment specified by said content disposition indicator wherein the treatment comprises at least one of;

(i) performing an Emergency Services (ES) call effectuated via a circuit-switched network or (ii) performing a registration and an ES call effectuated via an IP network, wherein the registration involves sending a REGISTER message.