Patent ID: 8028016
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. An absence assistance system for a multimedia-enabled communication system, comprising: a plurality of packet-oriented client communication systems, each packet-oriented client communication systems supporting different multimedia services at least in part; an absence assistance unit provided in each packet-oriented client communication system of the plurality of packet-oriented client communication systems, each absence assistance unit assigned to at least one communication subscriber and managing at least one communication connection directed to that at least one communication subscriber when that at least one communication subscriber is absent; the absence assistance unit having at least one send request functionality such that the absence assistance unit determines available multimedia resources in at least one of the plurality of packet-oriented client communication systems in which that absence assistance unit is not provided to determine available multimedia services required by the at least one communication connection that is not supported by the packet-oriented client communication system in which that absence assistance unit is provided and forward the at least one communication connection to another absence assistance unit provided in another packet-oriented client communication system that supports the required multimedia service; and wherein the packet-oriented client communication systems are connected to each other via a peer-to-peer transmission protocol.