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
View Patent ↗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.
1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
processing circuitry to:
identify, when the UE is a controlled UE that is controlled by a control terminal that has a control role in a collaborative communication session, that a media portion of the collaborative communication session is to be replicated to a second UE; and
generate, by the UE when the UE is the controlled UE, a message that includes an identification of the second UE; and
transmitter circuitry coupled with the processing circuitry, the transmitter circuitry to transmit the message to a server of the collaborative communication session.
2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the message is a session initiation protocol (SIP) message.
3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the message is a SIP REFER message.
4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the server is an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) application server (AS).
5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE is a computer or a mobile telephone.
6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the media portion includes an audio media portion, a video media portion, or a text media portion.
7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the UE further includes a graphics processor coupled with the processing circuitry, the graphics processor to output the video media portion to a display of the UE.
8. An internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) server in a collaborative communication session, the IMS server comprising:
receiver circuitry to receive, from a controlled user equipment (UE) that is controlled by a control terminal that has a control role in the collaborative communication session, a message that includes an identification of a second UE; and
assignment circuitry to replicate, based on the received message, a media portion of the collaborative communication session to the second UE.
9. The IMS server of claim 8 , wherein the message is a session initiation protocol (SIP) message.
10. The IMS server of claim 9 , wherein the message is a SIP REFER message.
11. The IMS server of claim 8 , wherein the controlled UE is a computer or a mobile telephone.
12. The IMS server of claim 8 , wherein the media portion includes an audio media portion, a video media portion, or a text media portion.
13. The IMS server of claim 8 , further comprising transmit circuitry coupled with the assignment circuitry, the transmit circuitry to:
copy the media portion; and
distribute the copied media portion to the controlled UE and the second UE.
14. The IMS server of claim 8 , wherein the transmit circuitry is further to transmit a direct communication indication to a third UE, the direct communication indication operable to cause the third UE to transmit the media directly to the second UE.
15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause a controlled terminal in a collaborative communication session, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the terminal, to:
identify that a media portion of the collaborative communication session is to be replicated to a second terminal;
generate, by the terminal when the terminal is the controlled terminal, a message that includes an identification of the second terminal; and
transmit the message to a server of the collaborative communication session;
wherein the controlled terminal is controlled by a control terminal that has a control role in the collaborative communication session.
16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the message is a session initiation protocol (SIP) message.
17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the message is a SIP REFER message.
18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein the server is an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) application server (AS).
19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the media portion is an audio media portion, a video media portion, or a text media portion.
20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the controlled terminal is a computer or a mobile telephone.