Patent ID: 9509853
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network to transmit an incoming call request to one or more mobile devices, the method comprising: receiving, for each of multiple mobile devices, a request to register the device for one or more IMS services, receiving an incoming call to a destination mobile device, identifying one or more associated mobile devices, the one or more associated mobile devices having the same second identifier as the destination mobile device; determining one or more forked devices, the one or more forked devices comprising at least one of the destination mobile device and the one or more associated mobile devices; transmitting a first notification to each forked device over the IMS network, receiving an acceptance or rejection from at least one of the one or more forked devices; and in response to receiving an acceptance, preventing one or more forked devices from initiating a second call while the incoming call is in progress.