Exchanging a compressed version of previously communicated session information in a communications system

A method of obtaining previously communicated session information at a given user equipment (UE), comprising:

• establishing a connection to an application server that previously began arbitrating a communication session between a group of session participants and exchanging session data between the group of session participants during the communication session, the exchanged session data including session media and/or session signaling information;
• providing a UE-defined context that is indicative of a manner by which missed session data from the communication session is to be compressed for delivery to the given UE;
• and
• receiving a selectively compressed portion of the missed session data from the communication session based on the UE-defined context.

A server configured to provide previously communicated session information, comprising:

• means for exchanging session data between a group of session participants during a communication session, the exchanged session data including session media and/or session signaling information;
• means for storing at least a subset of the exchanged session data;
• means for establishing a connection to a given user equipment (UE);
• means for determining a UE-defined context that is indicative of a manner by which missed session data from the communication session is to be compressed for delivery to the given UE;
• means for selectively compressing at least a portion of the stored subset of the exchanged session data that was missed by the given UE based on the UE-defined context;
• and
• means for transmitting the selectively compressed portion of the stored subset of the exchanged session data to the given UE.

A given user equipment (UE) configured to obtain previously communicated session information, comprising:

• means for establishing a connection to an application server that previously began arbitrating a communication session between a group of session participants and exchanging session data between the group of session participants during the communication session, the exchanged session data including session media and/or session signaling information;
• means for providing a UE-defined context that is indicative of a manner by which missed session data from the communication session is to be compressed for delivery to the given UE;
• and
• means for receiving a selectively compressed portion of the missed session data from the communication session based on the UE-defined context.

A server configured to provide previously communicated session information, comprising:

• logic configured to exchange session data between a group of session participants during a communication session, the exchanged session data including session media and/or session signaling information;
• logic configured to store at least a subset of the exchanged session data;
• logic configured to establish a connection to a given user equipment (UE);
• logic configured to determine a UE-defined context that is indicative of a manner by which missed session data from the communication session is to be compressed for delivery to the given UE;
• logic configured to selectively compress at least a portion of the stored subset of the exchanged session data that was missed by the given UE based on the UE-defined context;
• and
• logic configured to transmit the selectively compressed portion of the stored subset of the exchanged session data to the given UE.

A given user equipment (UE) configured to obtain previously communicated session information, comprising:

• logic configured to establish a connection to an application server that previously began arbitrating a communication session between a group of session participants and exchanging session data between the group of session participants during the communication session, the exchanged session data including session media and/or session signaling information;
• logic configured to provide a UE-defined context that is indicative of a manner by which missed session data from the communication session is to be compressed for delivery to the given UE;
• and
• logic configured to receive a selectively compressed portion of the missed session data from the communication session based on the UE-defined context.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a server configured to provide previously communicated session information, cause the server to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

• program code to exchange session data between a group of session participants during a communication session, the exchanged session data including session media and/or session signaling information;
• program code to store at least a subset of the exchanged session data;
• program code to establish a connection to a given user equipment (UE);
• program code to determine a UE-defined context that is indicative of a manner by which missed session data from the communication session is to be compressed for delivery to the given UE;
• program code to selectively compress at least a portion of the stored subset of the exchanged session data that was missed by the given UE based on the UE-defined context;
• and
• program code to transmit the selectively compressed portion of the stored subset of the exchanged session data to the given UE.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a given user equipment (UE) configured to obtain previously communicated session information, cause the given UE to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

• program code to establish a connection to an application server that previously began arbitrating a communication session between a group of session participants and exchanging session data between the group of session participants during the communication session, the exchanged session data including session media and/or session signaling information;
• program code to provide a UE-defined context that is indicative of a manner by which missed session data from the communication session is to be compressed for delivery to the given UE;
• and
• program code to receive a selectively compressed portion of the missed session data from the communication session based on the UE-defined context.