System and method for providing to push notifications to communication endpoints
A first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message is received to establish a communication session where a communication application, in a first communication endpoint that is used to establish the communication session has been suspended or is not running. A first message is sent that causes the communication application to become active. A second message is received from that indicates that the communication application is active. Various processes are then used to establish the communication session with the previously suspended or not running communication application.
1. A system comprising:
a microprocessor; and
a computer readable medium, coupled with the microprocessor and comprising microprocessor readable and executable instructions that program the microprocessor to:
determine that a communication application is running on a first communication endpoint;
create an instance of a network service that corresponds to the communication application, wherein the instance of the network service is created to handle requests while the communication application has been suspended or is not running;
receive a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message to establish a communication session, wherein the communication application, in the first communication endpoint that is used to establish the communication session, has been suspended or is not running;
send a first message that causes the communication application to become active; and
receive a second message that indicates that the communication application is active, wherein the communication session is established based on one or more of:
receiving a SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message and, in response to receiving the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, sending a second SIP INVITE message to the communication application based on a SIP redirection address in the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message;
receiving the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to an HTTP POST message sent by the communication application and, in response, sending the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application;
receiving the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to a SIP INFO message or a SIP NOTIFY message sent by the communication application and, in response, sending the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application to establish the communication session; and
(iv) sending the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application in response to receiving the second message from the communication application that indicates that the communication application is active.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second message is a SIP REGISTER message.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second message is received based on a sent polling message.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor sends a SIP NOTIFY message that causes the communication application to send a third SIP INVITE message with one of a Replaces header and a Join header to a second communication endpoint.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the communication application sends the third SIP INVITE message with the Replaces header message and wherein the SIP NOTIFY message contains a contact identifier for the network service that is replaced in the communication session by the communication application in the third SIP INVITE message with the Replaces header message.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor receives the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message and, in response, sends the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application based on the SIP redirection address in the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the microprocessor sends a SIP NOTIFY message to the network service, and wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response receiving the SIP NOTIFY message.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor receives the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to the SIP INFO or the SIP NOTIFY message sent by the communication application and, in response, sends the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application to establish the communication session.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor sends the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application in response to receiving the second message from the communication application that indicates that the communication application is active.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor executes step (ii) receives the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to the HTTP POST message sent by the communication application and, in response, sends the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication session is between the first communication endpoint and a second communication endpoint, wherein the microprocessor sends the second SIP INVITE message to the network service that has been instantiated to act on behalf of the communication application that has been suspended or is not running, and wherein the network service sends an HTTP POST message to a push notification service to activate the communication application.
12. A method comprising:
determining, by a microprocessor, that a communication application is running on a first communication endpoint;
creating an instance of a network service that corresponds to the communication application, wherein the instance of the network service is created to handle requests while the communication application has been suspended or is not running;
receiving, by the microprocessor, a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message to establish a communication session, wherein the communication application, in the first communication endpoint that is used to establish the communication session, has been suspended or is not running;
sending, by the microprocessor, a first message that causes the communication application to become active; and
receiving, by the microprocessor, a second message that indicates that the communication application is active, wherein the communication session is established based on one or more of the following:
receiving, by the microprocessor, a SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message and, in response to receiving the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, sending, by the microprocessor, a second SIP INVITE message to the communication application based on a SIP redirection address in the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message;
receiving, by the microprocessor, the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to an HTTP POST message sent by the communication application and, in response, sending, by the microprocessor, the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application;
receiving, by the microprocessor, the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to a SIP INFO message or a SIP NOTIFY message sent by the communication application and, in response, sending, by the microprocessor, the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application; and
(iv) sending, by the microprocessor, the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application in response to receiving the second message from the communication application that indicates that the communication application is active.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the microprocessor sends a SIP NOTIFY message that causes the communication application to send a third SIP INVITE message with one of a Replaces header and a Join header to a second communication endpoint.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the communication application sends the third SIP INVITE message with the Replaces header message and wherein the SIP NOTIFY message contains a contact identifier for the network service that is replaced in the communication session by the communication application in the third SIP INVITE message with the Replaces header message.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the microprocessor receives the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message and, in response, sends the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application based on the SIP redirection address in the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the microprocessor sends a SIP NOTIFY message to the network service, and wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response receiving the SIP NOTIFY message.
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the microprocessor receives the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to the SIP INFO or the SIP NOTIFY message sent by the communication application and, in response, sends the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application to establish the communication session.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the microprocessor sends the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application in response to receiving the second message from the communication application that indicates that the communication application is active.
19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the microprocessor receives the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to the HTTP POST message sent by the communication application and, in response, sends the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application.
20. A method comprising:
determining, by a microprocessor, that a communication application is running on a first communication endpoint;
creating, by the microprocessor, an instance of a network service that corresponds to the communication application, wherein the instance of the network service is created to handle requests while the communication application is suspended or not running;
receiving, by the microprocessor, a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message to establish a communication session with the communication application, wherein the communication application has been suspended or is not running;
sending, by the microprocessor, a first message that causes the communication application to become active;
keeping, by the microprocessor, the communication session active until the communication session can be established with the communication application;
receiving, by the microprocessor, a second message that indicates that the communication application is active; and
establishing the communication session with the communication application based on one or more of:
receiving, by the microprocessor, a SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message and, in response to receiving the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, sending, by the microprocessor, a second SIP INVITE message to the communication application based on a SIP redirection address in the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message;
receiving, by the microprocessor, the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to an HTTP POST message sent by the communication application and, in response, sending, by the microprocessor, the second SIP INVITE message to the communication application;
receiving, by the microprocessor, the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message, wherein the SIP MOVED TEMPORARILY message is sent in response to a SIP INFO message or a SIP NOTIFY message sent by the communication application and, in response, sending, by the microprocessor, the SIP INVITE message to the communication application; and
sending, by the microprocessor, the SIP INVITE message to the communication application in response to receiving the second message from the communication application that indicates that the communication application is active.