Patent ID: 6201962
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A communication system, comprising:a network backbone;a gateway controller, operatively coupled to the network backbone, for serving as an intermediary for communications between mobile terminals and devices coupled to the network backbone through respective communication sessions;a first mobile terminal operative to establish a communication session with a device coupled to the network backbone through the gateway controller, the first mobile terminal being configured to request selectively that the gateway controller suspend the communication session, and the gateway controller being configured to carry out such request; andthe gateway controller being further configured to accept a request from a second mobile terminal and to cause the suspended communication session to be resumed between the device and the second mobile terminal without requiring that the communication session be terminated from the perspective of the device and without the device being aware that the communication session has been suspended with the first mobile terminal and resumed with the second mobile terminal.