Patent ID: 8311037
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting User Equipment (UE) information in a multimedia subsystem, comprising: acquiring capability information of a UE, wherein the capability information of the UE includes at least one of video capability, audio capability, text capability, software supported by the UE, and software edition supported by the UE; and transmitting the acquired capability information of the UE to an Application Server (AS), wherein one or more services rendered to the UE are based on the capability information; wherein the transmitting the capability information of the UE to the AS comprises: adding the capability information of the UE in a third party REGISTER request; and transmitting the third party REGISTER request to the AS; wherein the adding the capability information of the UE in the third party REGISTER request comprises: adding the capability information of the UE to a Contact header field of the third party REGISTER request or an Accept-Contact header field of the third party REGISTER request, or adding a whole content of a field containing the capability information of the UE to the third party REGISTER request; and wherein the third party REGISTER request further comprises address, and wherein the address information is included in a newly-added Path header field when the capability information of the UE is added to the Contact header field of the third party REGISTER request.