Patent ID: 8838694
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for application server operations, the method comprising: receiving a first message from a first application server at a second application server, the first message comprising a request to initiate a collaborative session between a first communications device and a second communications device; establishing, by the second application server, the collaborative session in accordance with a first profile of the first communications device and a second profile of the second communications device, wherein the collaborative session provides both the first communications device and the second communications device with access to media provided by the second applications server, wherein upon establishing the collaborative session, the second applications server provides identical content to both the first communications device and the second communications device via a common multimedia session; sending a second message to the first application server, the second message including information regarding the collaborative session; establishing a first session control signaling channel between the first communications device and the second applications server; determining whether the second communications device shares control privileges for the existing collaborative session with the first communications device; and establishing a second session control signaling channel between the second communications device and the second applications server when the second communications device shares control privileges for the existing collaborative session with the first communications device, wherein the first session control signaling channel and the second session control signaling channel are configured to synchronize control of the collaborative session between the first communications device and the second communications device when the second communications device shares control privileges with the first communications device, and wherein establishing the collaborative session comprises creating a collaborating profile reference for the second communications device in an existing IMS subscriber profile of a user registered to the first communications device upon subscriber provision or upon subscriber input after subscriber provision.