EP1579627A4

Apparatus and method for controlling and managing individual directed sessions in a communications system

Abstract

A method for controlling and managing individual directed sessions between at least two endpoints in a communications system. The method including the steps of: intercepting a first message sent from an initiating endpoint via application layer routing to at least one other endpoint requesting an individual directed session; communicating the requested individual directed session to a service entity for determining the state of the session as a function of communication system resources and capabilities and resources of the endpoints to be included in the requested session, and if the requested individual directed session is accepted determining a set of corresponding session parameters; and communicating the state of the requested individual session to the initiating endpoint via application layer routing, and if the requested session is accepted also communicating the state of the session the at least one other endpoint via application layer routing.

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Document	Relation	Office	Cited during
US2002098840A1	Cites	United States of America	Search report
US6275852B1	Cites	United States of America	Search report
REUVEN COHEN ET AL: "Video-on-Demand Session Management", IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, US, vol. 14, no. 6, 1 August 1996 (1996-08-01), XP011054515, ISSN: 0733-8716	Non-patent	–	Search report
See also references of WO 2004062192A1	Non-patent	–	Search report

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0340697	United States of America	W	2003-12-18

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CA2510629A1	Canada	A1	2004-07-22
WO2004062192A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2004-07-22
AU2003301157A1	Australia	A1	2004-07-29
US6798755B2	United States of America	B2	2004-09-28
TW200425677A	Taiwan Province of China	A	2004-11-16
TWI239162B	Taiwan Province of China	B	2005-09-01
EP1579627A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2005-09-28
JP2006512858A	Japan	A	2006-04-13
HK1082345A1	Hong Kong, China	A1	2006-06-02
CA2510629C	Canada	C	2008-09-30
EP1579627A4This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2009-12-09
JP4391424B2	Japan	B2	2009-12-24
IL169236A	Israel	A	2010-06-16
EP1579627B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2011-09-28
AT526764T	Austria	T	2011-10-15
ATE526764T1	Austria	T1	2011-10-15

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Apparatus and method for controlling and managing individual directed sessions in a communications system

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