Patent ID: 8166129

Claim:
A method of providing to a user on a communication terminal media content from a content server, the method comprising: generating and submitting by the communication terminal a first message, in response to the user activating a hyperlink associated with specific media content, the first message being a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message addressed to a resource identifier identifying the specific media content on the content server; receiving the first message in a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) unit associated with the user; deciding, in the CSCF unit, whether the user is entitled to access, on the content server, the specific media content that is identified by the resource identifier included in the SIP message, by the CSCF unit determining whether there exists in a user profile of the user, filter criteria associated with the user that define that incoming SIP messages related to the specific media content that is identified by the resource identifier included in the SIP message, on the content server, are to be forwarded to an application server that is separate from the content server; transmitting a second message, including the resource identifier, from the CSCF unit to the application server, based on the existence of the filter criteria associated with the user that associate the first message related to the specific media identified by the resource identifier content on the content server with the application server and determine that the user is entitled to access the specific media content identified by the resource identifier on the content server; transmitting, from the application server to the communication terminal, accessing information for the user to retrieve the specific media content from the content server, the accessing information including a uniform resource identifier of the specific media content; and transmitting the specific media content from the content server to the communication terminal, in response to the accessing information being activated in the communication terminal.