US 12,238,147 B2
Forwarding session initiation messages
Anish Kavia, Slough (GB); Salem Amin Al-Damluji, Chorleywood (GB); and Janaka Ranabahu, London (GB)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,933.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187462 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1094 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/1094 (2022.05) [H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.05)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, from a first device of an Internet protocol (IP) communication network by a second device of the network, an invitation to create a session between the first device and a third device of the network, the invitation comprising a session description;
determining, by the second device, whether to forward the invitation toward the third device based on a datastore comprising prior invitations received by the second device to create sessions between devices of the network and results of the prior invitations; and
upon determining to forward the invitation, forwarding, by the second device, the invitation.