RESOLVING DEVICE SPECIFIC IDENTIFIERS TO A USER IDENTIFIER TO INITIATE A DIALOG ESTABLISHMENT WITH DEVICES OF A USER
Systems and methods are described that allow a calling party to establish a dialog, or attempt to establish a dialog, with multiple devices associated with the party being called, even when the calling party does not know a user identifier associated with the multiple devices. A calling party may provide a device specific identifier, which can be resolved to a user identifier associated with the multiple devices.
1 . A method of initiating a dialog establishment with a plurality of devices comprising:
receiving from an initiating device a destination device identifier in a request to establish the dialog;
retrieving a destination user identifier linked with the received destination device identifier;
modifying the request by replacing the destination device identifier with the destination user identifier; and
routing the modified request to one or more destination devices registered with the destination user identifier.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to establish the dialog comprises an indication that the request includes the destination device identifier.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the dialog with each of the destination devices comprises forking the request to each of the determined communication addresses of the one or more destination devices.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication session is established using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the destination device identifier in the request is retrieved from contact information stored on the initiating device.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising registering a new user identifier comprising:
receiving a registration device identifier of a device to be linked to the user identifier;
determining if the registration device identifier is already associated with a previous user identifier;
updating stored information to link the registration device identifier with the new user identifier when the registration device identifier is already associated with the previous user identifier; and
storing new information linking the registration device identifier with the new user identifier when the registration device identifier is not associated with the previous user identifier.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the destination device identifier is a unique private address assigned by a device manufacturer.
8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the destination user identifier is a SIP address.
9 . The method of claims 1 wherein the destination device identifier is a unique personal identification number (PIN) associated with one destination device.
10 . A computing system for initiating a dialog establishment with a plurality of devices comprising:
a memory for storing instructions; and
a processor for executing the instructions, the instructions when executed configuring the computing system to:
receive from an initiating device a destination device identifier in a request to establish the dialog;
retrieve a destination user identifier linked with the received destination device identifier;
modify the request by replacing the destination device identifier with the destination user identifier; and
route the modified request to one or more destination devices registered with the destination user identifier.
11 . The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the request to establish the dialog comprises an indication that the request includes the destination device identifier.
12 . The computing system of claim 10 , wherein initiating the dialog with each of the destination devices comprises forking the request to each of the determined communication addresses of the one or more destination devices.
13 . The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the communication session is established using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages.
14 . The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the destination device identifier in the request is retrieved from contact information stored on the initiating device.
15 . The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the executed instructions further configure the computing system to register a new user identifier comprising:
receiving a registration device identifier of a device to be linked to the user identifier;
determining if the registration device identifier is already associated with a previous user identifier;
updating stored information to link the registration device identifier with the new user identifier when the registration device identifier is already associated with the previous user identifier; and
storing new information linking the registration device identifier with the new user identifier when the registration device identifier is not associated with the previous user identifier.
16 . The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the destination device identifier is a unique private address assigned by a device manufacturer.
17 . The computing system of claim 10 wherein the destination user identifier is a SIP address.
18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the destination device identifier is a unique personal identification number (PIN) associated with one destination device.
19 . A non-transitory computer readable memory containing instructions for execution by a computer device for providing a method of initiating a dialog establishment with a plurality of devices comprising:
receiving from an initiating device a destination device identifier in a request to establish the dialog;
retrieving a destination user identifier linked with the received destination device identifier;
modifying the request by replacing the destination device identifier with the destination user identifier; and
routing the modified request to one or more destination devices registered with the destination user identifier.