Patent ID: 9654568
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for endpoint handoff in a networking environment comprising: sending, by a first endpoint device, and before a communication session is established between the first endpoint device and a third endpoint device, an instruction to a second endpoint device to stop sending information for a communication session to the third endpoint device, wherein the information corresponds to at least one type of information being sent between the second and third endpoint devices during the communication session; determining, by the first endpoint device, that the information for the communication session is not being received from the third endpoint device; communicating, by the first endpoint device, with the third endpoint device to re-establish the communication session, wherein the communicating includes sending, by the first endpoint device, a message to the third endpoint device instructing the third endpoint device to stop sending the information and to not send a termination message; and receiving, by the first endpoint device, the information for the communication session from the third endpoint device after the communication session is re-established with the third endpoint device.