Patent ID: 7995559

Claim:
A method for redirecting a session established between a first endpoint and a second endpoint, wherein the first endpoint and the second endpoint are associated in a communication platform; the method comprising: receiving a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request to redirect the session to a third endpoint; instead of mapping the SIP request to a message of a different protocol, processing, by a call manager, the SIP request to initiate disassociation of the first endpoint from the second endpoint; endpoint even if the third endpoint is an H.323 endpoint; suspending a media session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint; determining whether the third endpoint is a SIP endpoint or a non-SIP endpoint; suspending an established a second media session established between the second endpoint and the third endpoint if the third endpoint is a non-SIP endpoint, and sending a SIP message to the third endpoint to disconnect the second media session if the third endpoint is a SIP endpoint; after disassociating the first endpoint from the second endpoint, associating the first endpoint and the third endpoint by connecting a signaling session between the first endpoint and the third endpoint; and connecting the media session between the first endpoint and the third endpoint.