Patent ID: 8401005
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing contents of a SIP message prior to being delivered to a User Equipment, comprising the steps of: receiving a SIP message by a SIP network content processing entity; determining, by the SIP network content processing entity, whether a message content management policy allows processing of a media component in the SIP message; processing, by the SIP network content processing entity, the media component in the SIP message if the message content management policy allows processing of the media component in the SIP message, wherein the processing comprises at least one of adding, modifying and deleting; sending, by the SIP network content processing entity, the SIP message carrying the processed media component from the SIP network content processing entity to the User Equipment; and wherein the media component comprises a reference to a media content, further comprising: determining, by the SIP network content processing entity, whether the message content management policy allows the reference to the media content in the SIP message to be deleted, and if the message content management policy allows the reference to the media content in the SIP message to be deleted, deleting the reference to the media content in the SIP message in accordance with the message content management policy.