Network-Based Communication Session Transfer Across Endpoints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current techniques for transferring live multimedia communication sessions between endpoints are not seamless and are often vendor-specific, making it difficult for users to maintain consistent communication experiences as they move between locations, such as from home to office or on the go.
Innovation Solution
A network-based system and method that enables the transfer of communication sessions between endpoints using generic endpoints, allowing users to seamlessly move sessions through voice commands, clicks, or button pushes, leveraging a smart virtual assistant and intelligent engine to select and book available endpoints based on user preferences and capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If techniques for transferring multimedia sessions are used, then session transfer capability is improved, but vendor-specific device requirements increase complexity and reduce versatility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal session transfer mechanism that works across different vendor devices and communication types (voice, video, messaging) through a common framework. The system uses a unified transfer service that can handle multiple communication modalities and device types without requiring vendor-specific implementations, thereby improving versatility while maintaining reliable session transfer capability.
2Ease of operation
If ultrasound-based proximity detection is used, then automatic session transfer between mobile and fixed endpoints is improved, but device complexity and vendor-specific requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a transfer service as an intermediary component that mediates session transfers between endpoints. Instead of requiring complex ultrasound detection hardware and processing in each device, the transfer service acts as a mediator that coordinates transfers using simpler signaling mechanisms, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining ease of operation for automatic session transfer.
3Adaptability or versatility
If seamless session transfer is implemented, then user experience consistency is improved, but network infrastructure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transfer service functions as a network intermediary that abstracts and simplifies the infrastructure requirements for seamless session transfer. By centralizing the transfer coordination logic in the transfer service rather than distributing complex infrastructure requirements across the network, the system achieves consistent user experience while managing network infrastructure complexity in a controlled manner.
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AI summary
A system and method is described that allows a communication session to be transferred between endpoints. A user may provide an indication using a first endpoint of the communication session that they desire to transfer the communication session to a second endpoint. Communication session endpoints associated with the user that are available to transfer the communication session can be determined and the user may select one of the available endpoints and then the communication session can be transferred from the first endpoint to the selected endpoint.