Patent ID: 7734691
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing collaborative services to a mobile device accessible via a mobile network comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a collaborative session with a mobile client from an originating non-mobile client communicatively linked to a collaboration server of a service provider via an Internet protocol network; enabling an intermediate client deployed within the service provider environment; determining a mobile device associated with said mobile client; establishing a communication connection between the intermediate client and a network services gateway, wherein said network services gateway includes at least one standardized application program interface for managing network services, and wherein data are conveyed between said intermediate client and said network services gateway in a manner that conforms to messaging standards defined for the application program interface; establishing a communication connection between the network services gateway and a mobile gateway of the mobile network; initiating a component within said network services gateway that is generic to said intermediate client; initiating a component within said network services gateway that is specific to the mobile gateway associated with said mobile device; initializing a communication connection between the intermediate client and the mobile device, thereby creating a communication between the originating non-mobile client and the mobile device; and conveying at least one collaboration message between said originating non-mobile client and said mobile device using said intermediate client as an intermediary.