Patent ID: 8407352
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for using a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) service from a non-SIP device, the method being executed in an Application Server and comprising: receiving a request for a SIP service from a non-SIP device; retrieving a Personal Contact Card (PCC) of a user associated with the non-SIP device from a Contact Server; determining from the PCC that there is no SIP Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with the user and, in response: sending the SIP request to the SIP Server and receiving a corresponding SIP response from the SIP server; and identifying the SIP response as corresponding to the non-SIP device, based on the SIP response being directed to the value set in the From header of the SIP request, and sending a corresponding notification to the non-SIP device.