Patent ID: 9407770
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing calls in an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, the method comprising: receiving a notification by a server from the IMS network that a user subscribed to the server is identified as a destination device of a call; identifying by the server an originator device originating the call; receiving an advice message by the server from the originating device when originating the call, the advice message informing on a reason of the call to the server; in response to establishing the call at the destination device, transmitting the advice message by the server to the destination device before the destination device selects one or more decisions from a set of decisions; receiving by the server at least one decision selected from the set of decisions; and releasing the destination device from the call before taking an action by the server based on the selected decision.