Method and system for multipoint access within a mobile network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsVenson Shaw, Sangar Dowlatkhah
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a packet data protocol session that supports a first data exchange between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device, wherein the first exchange of data comprises a directing of the first exchange of data through a network device. A second recipient device is determined, and a second data exchange is facilitated between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session, wherein the second exchange of data also comprises a directing of the second exchange of data through the network device without modifying the first data exchange. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- identifying a packet data protocol session that supports a first exchange of data between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device, wherein the first exchange of data comprises a directing of the first exchange of data through a network element;
- obtaining a request to identify a second recipient device, prior to a time of initiation of the first exchange of data;
- in accordance with the request, identifying the second recipient device;
- and
- initiating a second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session,
- wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a first point-to-point link between the mobile application and the network element and a second point-to-point link between the network element and the first recipient device, and wherein the second exchange of data comprises a directing of the second exchange of data through the network element without modifying the first exchange of data.
A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a processing system including a processor, a packet data protocol session that supports a first exchange of data between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device, wherein the first exchange of data comprises a directing of the first exchange of data through a network element;
- obtaining, by the processing system, a request to identify a second recipient device, prior to a time of initiation of the first exchange of data;
- in accordance with the request, identifying, by the processing system, the second recipient device;
- and
- initiating, by the processing system, a second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session,
- wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a first point-to-point link between the mobile application and the network element and a second point-to-point link between the network element and the first recipient device.
A machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- identifying a packet data protocol session that supports a first exchange of data between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device, wherein the first exchange of data comprises a directing of the first exchange of data through a network element;
- obtaining a request to identify a second recipient device, prior to a time of initiation of the first exchange of data;
- in accordance with the request, identifying the second recipient device;
- and
- initiating a second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session,
- wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a first point-to-point link between the mobile application and the network element and a second point-to-point link between the network element and the first recipient device, and wherein the second exchange of data comprises a directing of the second exchange of data through the network element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.