Patent ID: 8331876

Claim:
A method for initiating a multimedia session having mutually different answer modes corresponding to media types in a terminal, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an input for setting answer modes corresponding to respective media types; storing setting information of the answer modes corresponding to the respective media types; transmitting the setting information of the answer modes corresponding to the respective media types to the server; and transmitting a response message including information about whether the terminal participates in a session, which is input by a user, when a session participation request message is received from the server, wherein, when an answer mode corresponding to a media type for a session establishment request included in the session participation request message is an auto-answer mode, the terminal transmits an OK message to the server, and wherein, when the answer mode corresponding to the media type for the session establishment request included in the session participation request message is a manual answer mode, the terminal transmits a response message including information about whether a floor is granted to the server.