Method and apparatus for media transfer between user equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9531816-B2
Application number	US-201213584371-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2012
Priority date	Feb 11, 2010
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

A method and apparatus for transferring media between user equipment are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises: receiving a pull mode media transfer request initiated by the initiator user equipment, wherein the pull mode media transfer request comprises session identifier information that identifies a session associated with the media transfer; determining whether the target continuity application server is a controlee continuity application server; and when the session associated with the media transfer is a collaborative session and the target continuity application server is determined to be a controlee continuity application server, forwarding the pull mode media transfer request to a controller continuity application server that performs the media transfer. The technical solutions of the present invention may be applicable to various cases that may occur in the media transfer operation and ensures session continuity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A target continuity application server for transferring media from a target user equipment to an initiator user equipment, comprising:
a receiver device configured to receive a pull mode media transfer request initiated by the initiator user equipment, wherein the pull mode media transfer request comprises session identifier information that identifies a session associated with media to be transferred that is on the target user equipment, wherein the target continuity application server is the server to which the target user equipment belongs; and
a transmitter device configured to forward, when the session associated with the media to be transferred is a collaborative session and the target continuity application server determines itself to be a controllee continuity application server according to the ession identifier information, the pull mode media transfer request to a controller continuity application server that performs media transfer; wherein:
the controllee continuity application server is a continuity application server to which a controllee user equipment in the collaborative session belongs, and
the controller continuity application server is a continuity application server to which a controller user equipment in the collaborative session belongs.

2. The target continuity application server according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a converter device configured to convert the session identifier information included in the pull mode media transfer request into session identifier information between the target continuity application server and the controller continuity application server when the target continuity application server is not a controller continuity application server in the collaborative session.

3. The target continuity application server according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a transfer controller configured to perform media transfer according to the pull mode media transfer request when upon determining that, according to the pull mode media transfer request, the target continuity application server is a controller continuity application server in the collaborative session.

4. The target continuity application server according to claim 3 , wherein the transfer controller comprises at least one of the following units:
a first transfer controller configured to create a session with the initiator user equipment, and create the media to be transferred in the newly created session; and
a second conversion controller configured to add the media to be transferred in an original access leg of the initiator user equipment in the current collaborative session when it is determined that the initiator user equipment is in the current collaborative session.

5. The target continuity application server according to claim 1 , wherein the pull mode media transfer request is an invite message, and the converter device comprises a redirector configured to redirect the invite message to the controller continuity application server when it is determined that the initiator user equipment does not belong to the target continuity application server.

6. A method for transferring media from a target user equipment to an initiator user equipment, comprising:
receiving, by a target continuity application server to which the target user equipment belongs, a pull mode media transfer request initiated by the initiator user equipment, wherein the pull mode media transfer request comprises session identifier information that identifies a session associated with media to be transferred that is on the target user equipment;
determining, by the target continuity application server, whether the target continuity application server is a controllee continuity application server according to the session identifier information; and
when the session associated with the media to be transferred is a collaborative session and the target continuity application server is determined to be a controllee continuity application server, forwarding, by the target continuity application server, the pull mode media transfer request to a controller continuity application server that performs the media transfer, wherein:
the controllee continuity application server is a continuity application server to which a controllee user equipment in the collaborative session belongs, and
the controller continuity application server is a continuity application server to which a controller user equipment in the collaborative session belongs.

7. The method for transferring media according to claim 6 , further comprising:
creating, by the controller continuity application server, a session with the initiator user equipment, and creating the media to be transferred in the newly created session.

8. The method for transferring media according to claim 7 , wherein:
creating the session comprises sending, by the controller continuity application server, a notification message to an initiator continuity application server to notify that the created session belongs to the current collaborative session and that the initiator user equipment is a controllee user equipment, and notify information about the controller user equipment and/or information about the controller continuity application server.

9. The method for transferring media according to claim 6 , further comprising:
adding the media to be transferred in an original access leg of the initiator user equipment in the current collaborative session when the controller continuity application server judges that the initiator user equipment is in the current collaborative session.

10. The method for transferring media according to claim 9 , wherein the adding step comprises, when the pull mode media transfer request is an invite message:
returning, by the controller continuity application server, a termination response with respect to the invite message to the initiator user equipment to terminate the invite message; and
sending, by the controller continuity application server, a re-invite message to the initiator user equipment to request to add the media to be transferred in the original access leg of the initiator user equipment in the current collaborative session.

11. The method for transferring media according to claim 6 , wherein forwarding the pull mode media transfer request comprises:
converting, by the target continuity application server, the session identifier information included in the pull mode media transfer request into session identifier information between the target continuity application server and the controller continuity application server.

12. The method for transferring media according to claim 6 , wherein forwarding the pull mode media transfer request comprises:
when the pull mode media transfer request is an invite message and the target continuity application server judges that the initiator user equipment does not belong to the target continuity application server, redirecting the invite message to the controller continuity application server.

13. The method for transferring media according to claim 12 , wherein redirecting the invite message comprises:
returning a redirect message with respect to the invite message sent by the initiator user equipment, so as to directly send the invite message to the controller continuity application server, and carrying the session identifier information between the target continuity application server and the controller continuity application server in the redirect message to update the session identifier information in the invite message.

Assignees

• Yi Qiang
• Jin Hui
• Huawei Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yi Qiang
• Jin Hui

Classifications

• H04L65/1083

  In-session procedures · CPC title

• H04L65/1063

  Application servers providing network services (systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42) · CPC title

• H04L67/14

  Session management (for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066) · CPC title

• H04L67/148 Primary

  Migration or transfer of sessions · CPC title

• H04L65/1093

  by adding participants; by removing participants · CPC title