Patent ID: 8451841
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a call to an aggregate endpoint device over a network, comprising: receiving, by a processor of an application server, a session request, wherein a route header for the session request comprises an aggregate endpoint identifier for use to obtain a public user identity of the aggregate endpoint device by the application server; determining, by the processor, the public user identity of the aggregate endpoint device in accordance with the aggregate endpoint identifier; obtaining, by the processor, a serving-call session control function fully qualified domain name of a serving-call session control function that performs a termination processing for the aggregate endpoint device, wherein the serving-call session control function fully qualified domain name of the serving-call session control function is obtained from a home subscriber server; and forwarding, by the processor, the session request to the serving-call session control function associated with the serving-call session control function fully qualified domain name that is obtained with a route header that comprises the public user identity of the aggregate endpoint device.