Patent ID: 9380080
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first communication service provider, a request to initiate a session between a first device and a second device that is associated with a particular user for a multimedia service provided by a second communication service provider, wherein the request is initiated by the first device and is received from the second communication service provider, wherein the request includes identification information associated with the particular user, wherein the second device is not registered with the multimedia service and is registered with a communication service provided by the first communication service provider, wherein the first device is registered with the multimedia service and is not registered with the communication service, and wherein the first device has access to a particular application to access the multimedia service from the second communication service provider; determining, by the first communication service provider, access information associated with the second device based on the identification information received from the second communication service provider; and sending, by the first communication service provider, a call invitation to the second device to initiate the session with the first device, the call invitation sent based on the access information, wherein the call invitation is sent as a telephone call, wherein accepting the call invitation causes the second device to receive the particular application from the second communication service provider via a connection created between the second device and the second communication service provider, and wherein the particular application is executable to facilitate initiation of the session.