METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RESTORING SESSION STATE

• US 20100260038A1
• Filed: 03/31/2010
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: DHODAPKAR, CHINMAY S., Kamath, Vidyadhar, Balu, Karthik
• Granted Patent: US 8,335,218 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/216
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

Methods, systems and devices are provided for restoring a multiple call session. A communication terminal can restore a multiple call session after a fault. A network interface can couple the terminal to a network including multiple access terminals associated with the multiple call session. A request for a state of the multiple call session can be transmitted and received by a server in the network. A response including the state can be received. The multiple call session can be restored based on the state of the multiple call session and other information.

Claims

1. A communication terminal for restoring a multiple call session after a fault, comprising:

a user interface including an input device and an output device;

a network interface capable of coupling the communication terminal to a network including multiple access terminals associated with multiple calls of the multiple call session; and

a processor coupled to the user interface and the network interface, the processor configured to;

transmit a request to a server in the network, the request including a user identifier associated with a user of the communication terminal, the request for a state of the multiple call session associated with the user identifier prior to the fault;

receive a response from the server including the state of the multiple call session associated with the user identification, the state displayed on the output device, the displayed state including individual states of the multiple calls of the multiple call session; and

restore the multiple call session on the communication terminal based on the state of the multiple call session and based on input received from the input device.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal includes a dispatch console, the server includes a dispatch gateway and a cache and wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the request to the dispatch gateway, the dispatch gateway retrieving the state of the multiple call session from the cache based on the user identification.

3. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein the server includes a media cache, wherein the multiple call session includes media content that is stored in the media cache when the fault is detected, and wherein the response includes the media content retrieved from the media cache.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the input received from the input device includes user preference information associated with each of the multiple calls, the processor configured to restore ones of the multiple calls of the multiple call session based on the user preference information.

5. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein the multiple call session includes a push to talk (PTT) multiple call session.

6. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a keep-alive message to the server, the keep-alive message including information associated with preferences for ones of the multiple calls of the multiple call session, and wherein, based on the preferences, the server caches the ones of the multiple calls.

7. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the preferences include a call importance preference for the ones of the multiple calls.

8. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the server includes a cache that stores information associated with the state of the multiple call session according to a rolling window.

9. A server for restoring a multiple call session in a communication network after a fault, comprising:

a call host coupled to multiple access terminals associated with the multiple call session;

a gateway coupled to the call host and to a communication terminal; and

a cache coupled to the call host and the gateway, the cache configured to store state information associated with the multiple call session;

wherein the server is configured to;

receive a request from the communication terminal including a user identifier associated with a user of the communication terminal, the request for a state of the multiple call session associated with the user identifier; and

transmit the state to the communication terminal;

restore the multiple call session with the call host and ones of the multiple access terminals based on input received from the communication terminal.

10. The server according to claim 9, wherein the state includes the individual state of ones of multiple calls associated with the multiple call session.

11. The server according to claim 9, wherein the communication terminal includes a dispatch console, the server includes a dispatch gateway and a cache and wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the request to the dispatch gateway, the cache storing information associated with the state of the multiple call session that is cached when the fault is detected in equipment associated with the user identifier.

12. The server according to claim 9, wherein the multiple call session includes media content and wherein the server further comprises a media cache configured to store information associated with the media content when the fault is detected.

13. The server according to claim 10, wherein the request includes user preference information associated with each of the multiple calls in the multiple call session, and wherein the server is configured to restore the multiple call session based on the user preference information.

14. The server according to claim 9, wherein the multiple call session includes a push to talk (PTT) multiple call session.

15. The server according to claim 10, wherein the server is further configured to receive a keep-alive message from the communication terminal, the keep-alive message including information associated with preferences for ones of the multiple calls of the multiple call session, and wherein, based on the preferences, the cache is configured to store the state of the ones of the multiple calls.

16. The server according to claim 15, wherein the preferences include a call importance for the ones of the multiple calls.

17. The server according to claim 9, wherein the cache is configured to continuously store the state information associated with the multiple call session according to a rolling window.

18. A method of recovering a multiple call session after a fault in a communication terminal, the method comprising:

processing a request for a state of the multiple call session the request including a user identifier associated with the multiple call session and the communication terminal, the multiple call session including multiple calls among the communication terminal and multiple access terminals through a network; and

selectively recovering ones of the multiple calls of the multiple call session based on information included with the request and a response to the request including the state of the multiple call session.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the information included with the request includes user preferences.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the user preferences include an indication of ones of the multiple calls that are important.

21. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

detecting the fault in the communication terminal; and

caching information associated with the multiple call session.

22. The method according to claim 18, wherein the information included with the request includes ones of the multiple calls marked as important, the method further comprising:

continuously recording in accordance with a rolling window while the multiple call session is active; and

caching information associated with the ones of the multiple calls of the multiple call session marked as important when the fault is detected.

23. The method according to claim 18, wherein the processing the request further includes transmitting the request from the communication terminal to a server in the network the information included with the requesting including identification of ones of the multiple calls of the call session marked as important.

24. An apparatus for restoring a multiple call session after a fault, comprising:

means for processing a request for a state of the multiple call session the request including a user identifier associated with the multiple call session and the communication terminal, the multiple call session including multiple calls among the communication terminal and multiple access terminals through a network; and

means for selectively recovering ones of the multiple calls of the multiple call session based on information included with the request and a response to the request including the state of the multiple call session.

25. The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the means for processing a request includes a dispatch console for:

transmitting a request to a server in the network, the request including a user identifier associated with a user of the communication terminal, the request for a state of the multiple call session associated with the user identifier prior to the fault; and

receiving the response from the server including the state of the multiple call session associated with the user identification, the state including individual states of the multiple calls of the multiple call session.

26. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by an apparatus in a wireless communications system, cause the apparatus to:

process a request for a state of the multiple call session the request including a user identifier associated with the multiple call session and the communication terminal, the multiple call session including multiple calls among the communication terminal and multiple access terminals through a network; and

selectively recover ones of the multiple calls of the multiple call session based on information included with the request and a response to the request including the state of the multiple call session.