Patent ID: 8855103

Claim:
A server device of a personal network, comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request containing a first Request Uniform Resource Identifier (Request-URI) identifying a first user equipment (UE), the first UE being a personal network management (PNM) controlee UE; and a processor configured to, upon receipt of the first SIP request, create a second SIP request for sending to a second UE, the second UE being a PNM controller UE; wherein the first SIP request is received from a third UE that is not a member of the same personal network as the first UE, and wherein the second SIP request comprises a second Request URI, the second Request URI comprising both the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the second UE and a target URI parameter set to a URI from the first Request-URI of the first SIP request, and wherein the transceiver is further configured to send the second SIP request which further comprises an “Accept Contact” header containing a feature tag that is a PNM controller indication, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a response from the second user device, the response selected from one of the response indicating that a session or call be redirected to the first user device, a response indicating rejection, or a response indicating acceptance by the second user device, and wherein the response indicating that the session or call be redirected is 302 (Moved Temporarily) response, wherein the response indicating rejection is a 480 (Temporarily Unavailable) response, and where the response indicating acceptance is a 200 (OK) response.