Patent ID: 8254374

Claim:
In a communications network, with one or more application servers providing full call information, and with a general communication management module communicating with half call messages with said one or more application servers, said general communication management module establishing a call between first and second communication terminals by a method comprising the steps of: a. originating a call from said first communication terminal; b. said general communication management module providing session management for said originating call and sending a call origination request to a first application server; c. said first application server determining full call information for said call origination request from said first communication terminal and providing to said general communication management module said full call information in a half call message; d. said general communication management module sending said full call information in a half call message to a second application server; and e. said second application server completing the call between said first and second communication terminals using said full call information, wherein said full call information includes originating and terminating connection parameters and control information for one or more of said first and said second application servers, wherein said half call message is selected from the group of a first session initiation sequence message or a second session initiation sequence message, and wherein a connection setup is initialized through an exchange of an invite message and a number of acknowledgment messages between said first communication terminal, said second communication terminal, and said general communication management module, connection parameters relevant for said first communication terminal being negotiated in a first connection initiation sequence between said general communication management module and said first application server, and a second connection initiation sequence being provided for negotiating connection parameters relevant for said second communication terminal between said general communication management module and said second application server, wherein as part of a first connection initiation sequence a signal element including control information for a second connection initiation sequence is added to an acknowledgment message output to said general communication management module by said first application server.