Patent ID: 8862746
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for integrating an application on a user equipment (UE) utilizing a special URI (S-URI) control message over a communications network, the method comprising: registering a secondary application server on the communications network such that a primary application server responsive to the UE is notified of the secondary application server, wherein the secondary application server is configured to provide the application, and wherein the application is selected from the group consisting of: a new application and an enhanced application; selecting the application on the UE; sending an INVITE message containing the S-URI to the primary application server by the UE, wherein the S-URI configured to provide access information corresponding with the secondary application server, and wherein the S-URI is configured to trigger handling and routing in the primary application server to initiate the application on the UE such that a backward compatibility is achieved; locating the secondary application server by the communications network, wherein the locating includes determining, by the primary application server, whether the S-URI in the INVITE message matches a stored entry in a local configuration table on the primary application server wherein the stored entry includes a plurality of fields corresponding with the secondary application server wherein said plurality of fields includes a group consisting of: a type held, an S-URI field, an additional URI indication field, a inclusion URI indication field, a floor owner filed, a send form S-URI indication field, a send HTTP message indication field, a multiple primary application server access indication field, an activation during call indicator field, a hide S-URI indication field, and an include S-URI indication field; and establishing a session between the secondary application server and the UE, wherein the application is provided to the UE by the secondary application server based on the access information described in the S-URI.