Patent ID: 9143620
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a device, a request to use a multiparty service offered by autonomous devices, wherein a particular one of the autonomous devices has been assigned to provide the multiparty service pertaining to the request, and wherein the request is a first request received to establish a multiparty service session pertaining to the assignment of the particular one of the autonomous devices; determining, by the device, whether persistence information exists that indicates the particular one of the autonomous devices to which the request is to be routed; selecting, by the device, one of the autonomous devices to transmit the request in response to determining that persistence information does not exist, and wherein the device does not have information as to which of the autonomous devices has been assigned and is to accept the request; transmitting, by the device, the request to the one of the autonomous devices based on the selecting; receiving, by the device, a response from the one of the autonomous devices; recognizing, by the device, whether the request to use the multiparty service is accepted based on the response; storing, by the device, persistence information indicating the one of the autonomous devices is the particular one of the autonomous devices and is servicing the request in response to recognizing that the request is accepted; and using, by the device, the persistence information to transmit a subsequent request to use the multiparty service to the particular one of the autonomous devices, wherein the subsequent request pertains to the multiparty service session.