Patent ID: 8103782
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring sessions between terminals of a given participant in a full-mesh conference operated over a multi-participant IP-based communication network, the method comprising use of a processing unit for: creating and managing a plurality of sessions from a first terminal of the given participant at a first node of said network to a plurality of terminals of other participants in said network using a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP); receiving a request to transfer at least part of said sessions from said first terminal of the given participant to a second terminal of the given participant; and transferring at least part of said sessions to said second terminal of the given participant using SIP messages from an extended message protocol mapped to SIP, at least some of the SIP messages having a Conference-ID header to identify a conference participant, wherein said transferring comprises: