Patent ID: 8583830
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a first communication network adapted to provide a walled garden service and support a first communication session of the walled garden service; a first plurality of client devices communicatively coupled with the first communications network and adapted to participate in the first communication session; a second communication network adapted to support a second communication session, wherein the second communication session occurs outside of the walled garden service; a second plurality of client devices communicatively coupled with the second communications network and adapted to participate in the second communication session; a computer system executing an inter-working service communicatively: the computer system coupled with the first communication network and the second communication network, wherein the inter-working service is adapted to participate in the first communication session as a client of the walled garden service and participate in the second communication session as a client of the second communication session, the inter-working service adapted to provide an interface between the first communication session and the second communication session; wherein the inter-working service is further adapted to receive an invitation from a client of the first plurality of client devices for a client of the second plurality of client devices to participate in the first communication session, authorize the invitation, invite the client of the second plurality of client devices to participate in the first communication session, receive an acceptance from the client of the second plurality of client devices, and establish a connection between the first communication session and the client of the second plurality of client devices; and wherein establishing a connection between the first communication session and the client of the second plurality of client devices comprises negotiating codecs between the client of the first plurality of client devices and the client of the second plurality of client devices.