Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110093537 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACTIVE COMMUNICATION SESSIONS AND COMMUNICATION SESSION INFORMATION SERVER - A method for ascertaining active communication sessions may include receiving a request to ascertain active communication sessions by a communication session information server; transmitting respective challenges to determine whether communication sessions are currently active from the communication session information server to at least two communication session servers; receiving respective challenge responses from the at least two communication session servers, which indicate one or more active communication sessions controlled by the respective communication session server or indicate that such communication sessions currently do not exist, by the communication session information server; and transmitting a first response, which indicates one or more active communication sessions controlled by the at least two communication session servers or indicates that such communication sessions currently do not exist, by the communication session information server. | 04-21-2011 |
20110153765 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACTIVE COMMUNICATION SESSIONS, COMMUNICATION SESSION INFORMATION SERVERS, METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIVE COMMUNICATION SESSIONS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVERS - A method for ascertaining active sessions may include receiving a request to ascertain active sessions by a session information server; transmitting respective challenges for document contents, which indicate whether sessions are currently active, from the session information server to at least one document management server which has a respective associated communication session server, wherein in the case of precisely one document management server the latter has at least two associated session servers; receiving respective challenge responses from the document management server, which indicate active sessions controlled by the session server associated with the respective document management server or which indicate that such sessions currently do not exist, by the session information server; and transmitting a first response, which indicates one or more active sessions controlled by the session servers associated with the document management server or which indicates that such sessions currently do not exist, by the session information server. | 06-23-2011 |
20110285213 | DETERMINING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETERMINING OF TRANSMITTING PARAMETER, ENERGY TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING ENERGY - According to an embodiment, a determining device for determining a transmission parameter for wirelessly transmitting energy ( | 11-24-2011 |
20110289148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING A CONTROL ROLE FOR A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION SESSION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING A CONTROL ROLE FOR A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION SESSION - In a method for assigning a control role for a collaborative communication session, a message is received which indicates, independently of a media transfer request for a collaborative communication session, that a control role for the collaborative communication session is intended to be assigned to at least one terminal which is specified by the message as a holder of a control role, and a control role for the collaborative communication session is assigned to the at least one terminal which is specified by the message as the holder of a control role. In a method for requesting a control role for a collaborative communication session, a message which corresponds to the received message is sent. The methods are carried out by appropriately designed apparatuses. | 11-24-2011 |
20110295954 | Method and apparatus for requesting media replication in a collaborative communication session, and method and apparatus for assigning a communication medium for a collaborative communication session - In a method for requesting media replication in a collaborative communication session, a message is sent which specifies that a communication medium for a collaborative communication session, which is currently being transmitted to at least one terminal, should additionally be transmitted to at least one other terminal, with the at least one other terminal being indicated in the message as the recipient of the communication medium. In a method for assigning a communication medium for a collaborative communication session, a corresponding message is received, and the communication medium is assigned to the at least one other terminal as the recipient of the communication medium. The methods are carried out by appropriately designed apparatuses. | 12-01-2011 |
20120072503 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR AUTHORIZATION IN COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATIONS SESSIONS - In an embodiment, a method for changing a collaborative communications session may be provided. The method may include: sending a request message requesting for authorizing a change of a collaborative communications session to an end device of the collaborative communications session; determining whether an authorization message is received from the end device in response to the request message sent; and changing the collaborative communications session, in case it is determined that an authorization message is received from the end device in response to the request message sent. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072504 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANAGING COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATIONS SESSIONS - In an embodiment, a method for providing information for managing a collaborative communications session may be provided. The method may include generating a first message according to a call control protocol; generating a second message according to the call control protocol, the second message including information for managing the collaborative communications session; and sending the first message to a call managing server. The first message may be generated to include the second message. | 03-22-2012 |
20120233677 | Communication device, method for providing a data service, communication terminal, and method for requesting a data service - A communication device is described comprising a receiver configured to receive a message from a communication terminal indicating that the communication terminal requests a data service and indicating that a cost of providing the data service is to be associated with a provider of the data service and including security information; a determining circuit configured to determine, based on the security information, whether the communication terminal is authorized to be provided with the requested data service with a cost of providing the data service being associated with a provider of the data service; and a controller, configured to establish a communication connection for providing the data service and to associate a cost of the communication connection with the provider of the data service if the authorization has been successful. | 09-13-2012 |
20120265807 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In an embodiment, a communication device may be provided. The communication device may include a first communication interface configured to receive a first data portion from a corresponding communication device. The communication device may further include a second communication interface configured to receive data from a further communication device. The further communication device may receive a second data portion from the corresponding communication device. The first data portion and the second data portion may be useful data for a user of the communication device. The communication device may further include a synchronizer configured to synchronize the first data portion with the second data portion based on the data received from the other communication device via the second communication interface. | 10-18-2012 |
20120329487 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A MESSAGE - According to one embodiment, a communication device is described that comprises a determining circuit configured to determine a type of an information indicated by a first message, wherein the first message is formed in accordance with a first transmission protocol; a selecting circuit configured to select a type of message according to a second transmission protocol based on the determined type of information; and a message generating circuit configured to generate a second message of the selected type according to the second transmission protocol indicating the information. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331068 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MESSAGE - According to one embodiment, a communication device is described that comprises a determining circuit configured to determine a type of an information indicated by a first message, wherein the first message is formed in accordance with a first transmission protocol; a selecting circuit configured to select a type of message according to a second transmission protocol based on the determined type of information; and a message generating circuit configured to generate a second message of the selected type according to the second transmission protocol indicating the information. | 12-27-2012 |
20130178236 | NETWORK DEVICES, COMMUNICATION END DEVICES, METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A NETWORK DEVICE AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A COMMUNICATION END DEVICE - In an aspect of this disclosure, a network device of a network may be provided. The network device may include: an interface configured to receive text from a communication end device via a communication protocol; a memory configured to store recipient identifiers in relation to textual names; and a recipient identifier acquirer configured to acquire from the memory a recipient identifier based on the received text. The communication protocol may be configured to exchange information only between communication end devices of the network and network devices of the network. | 07-11-2013 |
20130332615 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device may include a message generator configured to generate a message in accordance with a command set to use a communication service provided by a communication session setup protocol; and a modem circuit coupled to the message generator and configured to operate in accordance with the message generated by the message generator; wherein the message generator is configured to generate the message comprising a command to at least one of control or establish an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem service. | 12-12-2013 |
20140023047 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PACKET GENERATION - According to an aspect of this disclosure, a communication device is provided comprising a first interface configured to receive a first packet supplied by a packet encoder; a determiner configured to determine a time difference between the time at which the first packet is ready to be sent by the communication device and a time at which communication resources for sending the first packet are available; a generator configured to generate information from which it is derivable when a second packet should be provided by the packet encoder based on the time difference; and a second interface configured to transmit the information to the packet encoder. | 01-23-2014 |
20140036769 | COMMUNICATION PATH SWITCHING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Methods, systems, and devices for switching internet protocol (IP) flows from a first communication path to a second communication path are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) may include an exchange component, a session component, and a communication component. The exchange component exchanges second communication path availability information between the UE and another UE by sending and receiving session initiation protocol (SIP) messages that include second communication path availability information over the first communication path. The session component changes the communication session by re-routing traffic flows to the second communication path based on the exchanged second path availability information. The communication component sends to and receives from the other UE data corresponding to an IP flow over the second communication path. | 02-06-2014 |
20140066108 | SERVERS, COMMUNICATION DEVICES, METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SERVER, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A server may be provided. The server may include: an association circuit configured to associate with a first address according to a first address scheme according to a communication control protocol, by which a communication device may be addressed, a second address according to a second address scheme, by which the communication device may not be addressed. | 03-06-2014 |
20140195607 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES, SERVERS, METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SERVER - A communication device may be provided. The communication device may include: a requester to request information indicating communication devices that provide pre-determined data; a receiver to receive the information indicating communication devices that provide the pre-determined data; a determiner to determine a download target based on the information indicating communication devices that provide the pre-determined data; and a transmitter to transmit information indicating the determined download target for a peer-to-peer communication of the pre-determined data from the download target. | 07-10-2014 |
20140219161 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING - In various aspects of this disclosure, a communication terminal device may be provided. The communication terminal device may include a receiver. The receiver may be configured to receive a message from a first communication device. The communication terminal device may further include a circuit configured to provide a communication device to communication device communication. The communication terminal device may further include a controller. The controller may be configured to determine whether to relay the received message to at least one second communication device. The controller may further be configured to modify the message if the controller determined to relay the received message. The controller may further be configured to relay and transmit the modified message to the at least one second communication device. | 08-07-2014 |
20140244758 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACTIVE COMMUNICATION SESSIONS AND COMMUNICATION SESSION INFORMATION SERVER - In a method for determining active communication sessions, a request to determine active communication sessions is received. Queries as to whether communication sessions are currently active are sent to at least two communication session servers. The respective query answers that indicate one or more active communication sessions being controlled by the respective communication server are received. A first answer that indicates one or more active communication sessions being controlled by the at least two respective communication servers is sent. A communication session information server executes the method. | 08-28-2014 |
20140344368 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING MEDIA REPLICATION IN A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION SESSION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING A COMMUNICATION MEDIUM FOR A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION SESSION - In a method for requesting media replication in a collaborative communication session, a message is sent which specifies that a communication medium for a collaborative communication session, which is currently being transmitted to at least one terminal, should additionally be transmitted to at least one other terminal, with the at least one other terminal being indicated in the message as the recipient of the communication medium. In a method for assigning a communication medium for a collaborative communication session, a corresponding message is received, and the communication medium is assigned to the at least one other terminal as the recipient of the communication medium. The methods are carried out by appropriately designed apparatuses. | 11-20-2014 |
20140359020 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING MEDIA REPLICATION IN A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION SESSION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING A COMMUNICATION MEDIUM FOR A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION SESSION - In a method for requesting media replication in a collaborative communication session, a message is sent which specifies that a communication medium for a collaborative communication session, which is currently being transmitted to at least one terminal, should additionally be transmitted to at least one other terminal, with the at least one other terminal being indicated in the message as the recipient of the communication medium. In a method for assigning a communication medium for a collaborative communication session, a corresponding message is received, and the communication medium is assigned to the at least one other terminal as the recipient of the communication medium. The methods are carried out by appropriately designed apparatuses. | 12-04-2014 |