Patent ID: 8300628
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting supplementary data to a communication terminal, comprising: providing a communication session, wherein the communication terminal is a subscriber of the communication session; generating a message containing supplementary data whose content relates to the communication session that has been set up or terminated and an identification for the communication session; transmitting the message to the communication terminal, wherein the supplementary data cannot be transmitted in the course of the communication session, and wherein the communication session is configured such that the communication terminal cannot receive the supplementary data in the course of the communication session; and deciding, based at least in part on the volume of data in the supplementary data, whether the supplementary data is to be transmitted to the communication terminal using the same transmission path used to transmit data to the communication terminal in the course of the communication session, or whether the supplementary data is to be transmitted to the communication terminal using another transmission path.