Patent ID: 8325709

Claim:
A method for controlling a multimedia connection between a first terminal and a second terminal coupled to a first communication network having a controller of a call processing feature and to a second communication network for transmitting multimedia data, comprising: establishing by the controller of the call processing feature a basic connection between the first and the second terminals via the first communication network in response to an activation of the call processing feature; conveying address information identifying the first terminal in the second communication network and conveying multimedia information to the second terminal via the basic connection, the multimedia information identifying a multimedia enablement of the first terminal; determining by the second terminal if the first and second terminals are capable of handling a multimedia feature via the conveyed multimedia information; in response to determining that the first and second terminals are capable of supporting the multimedia feature: setting up by the second terminal the multimedia connection between the first and second terminals via the second communication network using the conveyed address of the first terminal relating to the second communication network and the conveyed multimedia information, the second terminal controlling the setting up of the multimedia connection and transmitting multimedia data over the multimedia connection; and wherein the multimedia information of the first terminal is provided to the second terminal such that the second terminal receives multimedia enablement information of the first terminal and the first terminal does not receive multimedia enablement information of the second terminal for the setting up of the multimedia connection.