Granted Patent B2

US 8,700,019 · App. 13/595,626 · Granted Apr 15, 2014

Inventor: Joel M. Ezell (Broomfield, CO)

Assignee: Avaya Inc.

Abstract

Claims (29)

1. A method, comprising:

provisioning a pairing relationship between at least first and second communication devices, wherein the first communication device is a pairing communication device, and wherein the second communication device is a paired communication device;

one of receiving or initiating a call with respect to the first communication device;

intercepting the call prior to delivery of the call to a called party;

establishing an application sequence for the call with respect to the first communication device;

establishing a media session between the second communication device and a third communication device as part of the call, wherein media is not provided to the first communication device; and

enabling control for the call by the first communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application sequence corresponds to an origination application sequence and wherein at least one application in the origination application sequence is configured to apply origination restrictions on the call to the second communication device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein establishing a media session includes providing a session description protocol descriptor associated with the second communication device to the third communication device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a session description protocol descriptor associated with the first communication device is not provided to the third communication device.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the session description protocol descriptor of the first communication device is replaced with the session description protocol descriptor of the second communication device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein identification information associated with the first communication device is used for at least one of application processing and display to the second communication device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the call is placed from the third communication device to the first communication device, wherein the call is received by the first and second communication devices, and wherein the call is answered at the second communication device.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the call is placed from the third communication device to the first communication device, wherein the call is auto-answered on the second communication device when the call is answered at the first communication device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the call is placed from the first communication device to the third communication device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the call is placed from the first communication device by a first user, and wherein the first user provides at least audible input to and receives audible output from the second communication device.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first communication device is placed in far end hold.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein ringback is played on the second communication device.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein a slow start INVITE is utilized and no ringback is played on either the first communication device or the second communication device.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the call is terminated in response to any one of the first communication device, the second communication device, and the third communication device dropping the call.

15. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for pairing communication devices, the computer executable instructions comprising:

instructions to record in provisioning data a pairing relationship between first and second communication devices;

instructions to request a session description protocol (SDP) offer from the second communication device in response to a first call that is one of originated from the first communication device to a third communication device or directed to the first communication device from a third communication device;

instructions to utilize the SDP offer from the second communication device for the first call, wherein media associated with the first call is provided to the second communication device and not the first communication device;

instructions to place the first communication device on hold for at least a portion of the first call.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

instructions to apply a first sequenced application associated with the first communication device to the first call.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising:

instructions to apply a second sequenced application associated with the second communication device to the first call.

Assignments (22)

Continuity (1)