Patent ID: 9467325
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling a communication session established in a telecommunications network, the method comprising: detecting a loss in connectivity associated with a first communication session leg of a communication session, the communication session having been established between a first communication client of a plurality of communication clients on a plurality of communication devices associated with a first party and a communication device associated with a second party, wherein the established communication session comprises at least the first communication session leg, the first communication session having been established between the first communication client and a first intermediate node in the telecommunications network; in response to detecting said loss in connectivity, initiating set up of a second communication session leg between a second intermediate node in said telecommunications network and at least a second communication client of said plurality of communication clients on the plurality of communication devices associated with the first party; and identifying, among the plurality of communication clients associated with the first party, one or more communication clients which are co-located with the first communication client on a given communication device in the plurality of communication devices associated with the first party, wherein the initiating comprises transmitting a communication session setup request to the identified one or more co-located communication clients on the given communication device in preference to at least one other communication client associated with the first party on at least one communication device other than the given communication device in the plurality of communication devices associated with the first party.