IP Library Granted Patent US 12,192,253
Granted Patent B2
US 12,192,253 · App. 17/985,812 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Session creation method and apparatus, and electronic device

Inventor: Shanshan Guo (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04L65/4015H04L65/1093H04L65/1104H04L65/403H04M3/564
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Patent No.
US 12,192,253
App. No.
17/985,812
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A session creation method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending, in a case that a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) session has been created among a first electronic device and N second electronic devices, a first REFER request to a third electronic device. The first REFER request is used for requesting to create a second SIP session with the third electronic device, and the third electronic device is at least one of the N second electronic devices. The method includes receiving a first response message fed back by the third electronic device in response to the first REFER request and creating the second SIP session in a case that the first response message indicates that the third electronic device agrees to create second SIP session. N is a positive integer.

Claims (47)

1. A session creation method, performed by a first electronic device, comprising:

while the first electronic device and N second electronic devices are participating in a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) session, sending a first reference (REFER) request by the first electronic device to a third electronic device, wherein the first REFER request is used for requesting to create a second SIP session, which is separate and distinct from the first SIP session, between the first electronic device and the third electronic device, wherein the third electronic device is among the N second electronic devices participating in the first SIP session with the first electronic device and N is a positive integer that is greater than 1;

receiving, by the first electronic device, a first response message fed back by the third electronic device in response to the first REFER request; and

creating, by the first electronic device, the second SIP session when the first response message indicates that the third electronic device agrees to create the second SIP session, wherein

after creating the second SIP session, the first electronic device and the third electronic device are simultaneously participating both the first and second SIP sessions, so that the first electronic device outputs an audio signal to both the first and second SIP sessions simultaneously.

2. The session creation method according to claim 1 , wherein before the sending a first REFER request to a third electronic device, the method further comprises:

generating the first REFER request according to a target REFER parameter, wherein

the target REFER parameter comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the third electronic device and first information, and the first information is used for instructing the third electronic device to create the second SIP session.

3. The session creation method according to claim 1 , wherein after the receiving a response message fed back by the third electronic device in response to the first REFER request, the method further comprises:

sending a second REFER request to the third electronic device, and disconnecting the second SIP session, wherein

the second REFER request carries second information, and the second information is used for instructing the third electronic device to disconnect the second SIP session.

4. The session creation method according to claim 1 , wherein before the sending a first REFER request to a third electronic device, the method further comprises:

sending an invitation (INVITE) request to a target second electronic device, wherein the INVITE request is used for requesting to create the first SIP session with the target second electronic device;

receiving a second response message fed back by the third electronic device in response to the INVITE request; and

creating the first SIP session in a case that the second response message indicates that the target second electronic device agrees to create the first SIP session, wherein

the target second electronic device is at least one of the N second electronic devices.

5. The session creation method according to claim 1 , wherein after the creating the second SIP session, the method further comprises:

acquiring a voice signal of a user in a case that a session interface of a target SIP session is in an activated state; and

inputting the voice signal into the target SIP session, wherein

the target SIP session comprises the first SIP session or the second SIP session.

6. The session creation method according to claim 1 , wherein after the creating the second SIP session, the method further comprises:

displaying a session interface of the second SIP session, wherein a target control is arranged on the session interface;

acquiring a voice signal of the user; and

controlling whether to input the voice signal into the first SIP session according to an enabling state of the target control.

7. A session creation method, performed by a third electronic device, comprising:

while a first electronic device and N second electronic devices are participating in a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) session, receiving a first reference (REFER) request by the third electronic device from the first electronic device, wherein the first REFER request is used for requesting to create a second SIP session, which is separate and distinct from the first SIP session, between the first electronic device and the third electronic device, wherein the third electronic device is among the N second electronic devices participating in the first SIP session with the first electronic device, and N is a positive integer that is greater than 1; and

sending, by the third electronic device, a first response message to the first electronic device in response to the first REFER request, wherein the first response message is used for indicating whether the third electronic device agrees to create the second SIP session, wherein

after the second SIP session is created, the first electronic device and the third electronic device are simultaneously participating both the first and second SIP sessions, so that the first electronic device outputs an audio signal to both the first and second SIP sessions simultaneously.

8. The session creation method according to claim 7 , wherein after the receiving a first REFER request from the first electronic device, the method further comprises:

parsing the first REFER request, to obtain a target REFER parameter carried in the first REFER request; and

determining whether to create the second SIP session according to the target REFER parameter, wherein

the target REFER parameter comprises first information, and the first information is used for instructing the third electronic device to create the second SIP session.

9. The session creation method according to claim 7 , wherein after the sending a first response message to the first electronic device, the method further comprises:

receiving a second REFER request sent by the first electronic device;

parsing the second REFER request, to obtain second information carried in the second REFER request; and

disconnecting the second SIP session according to the second information, wherein

the second information is used for instructing the third electronic device to disconnect the second SIP session.

10. A first electronic device comprising: a memory having a computer program stored thereon; and a processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform a session creation method, comprising:

while a first electronic device and N second electronic devices are participating in a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) session, sending a first reference (REFER) request by the first electronic device to a third electronic device, wherein the first REFER request is used for requesting to create a second SIP session, which is separate and distinct from the first SIP session, between the first electronic device and the third electronic device, wherein the third electronic device is among the N second electronic devices participating in the first SIP session with the first electronic device and N is a positive integer that is greater than 1;

receiving, by the first electronic device, a first response message fed back by the third electronic device in response to the first REFER request; and

creating, by the first electronic device, the second SIP session when the first response message received that the third electronic device agrees to create the second SIP session, wherein

after creating the second SIP session, the first electronic device and the third electronic device are simultaneously participating both the first and second SIP sessions, so that the first electronic device outputs an audio signal to both the first and second SIP sessions simultaneously.

11. The first electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises: generating the first REFER request according to a target REFER parameter, wherein the target REFER parameter comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the third electronic device and first information, and the first information is used for instructing the third electronic device to create the second SIP session.

12. The first electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein after the receiving a response message fed back by the third electronic device in response to the first REFER request, the method further comprises: sending a second REFER request to the third electronic device, and disconnecting the second SIP session, wherein the second REFER request carries second information, and the second information is used for instructing the third electronic device to disconnect the second SIP session.

13. The first electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein before the sending a first REFER request to a third electronic device, the method further comprises: sending an invitation (INVITE) request to a target second electronic device, wherein the INVITE request is used for requesting to create the first SIP session with the target second electronic device; receiving a second response message fed back by the third electronic device in response to the INVITE request; and creating the first SIP session in a case that the second response message indicates that the target second electronic device agrees to create the first SIP session, wherein the target second electronic device is at least one of the N second electronic devices.

14. The first electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein after the creating the second SIP session, the method further comprises: acquiring a voice signal of a user in a case that a session interface of a target SIP session is in an activated state; and inputting the voice signal into the target SIP session, wherein the target SIP session comprises the first SIP session or the second SIP session.

15. The first electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein after the creating the second SIP session, the method further comprises: displaying a session interface of the second SIP session, wherein a target control is arranged on the session interface; acquiring the voice signal of the user; and controlling whether to input the voice signal into the first SIP session according to an enabling state of the target control.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2025
From: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 073133/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2022
From: GUO, SHANSHAN
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061745/0155 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010403813.0 · May 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021092540 · May 10, 2021
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