Patent ID: 7412598
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for real-time insertion of services during a packet-based telephony call session over a communication network, comprising: initiating a service request message by a first client to a first server, the service request message initiated after a packet-based telephony call session has been established between the first client and a communication network, the service request message including the first client identity and a requested service available from a second server comprising a plurality of services; determining that the first client is authorized to use the requested service at the first server; and delivering the requested service in packet form to the first client during the established packet-based telephony call session by the second server in response to determining that the first client is authorized to use the requested service; comparing the first client identity and the requested service with a list stored in the first server, the list comprising a plurality of clients authorized to use at least one of the services available from the second server; issuing a ticket to the first client in response to determining that the list includes authorization for the first client to use the requested service, the ticket including the first client identity and the requested service; sending the ticket and an address associated with a second client to the second server by the first client; reading the ticket at the second server to retrieve the requested service; and delivering the requested service in packet form to the second client based on the address received from the first client.