System and method for implementing a session initiation protocol feature

A method for implementing Shared Line using a Session Initiation Protocol, comprising:

• establishing a communication session via a communications platform, the communication session being between a first user and a second user, the second user being one of a plurality of users using a shared line, the first user not being one of the plurality of users using the shared line, the shared line comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) phone line serving the plurality of users;
• receiving a request from the second user to invoke a select feature to lock the communication session;
• sending a remote state notification comprising reduced information to the plurality of users;
• and
• locking the communication session between the first user and the second user so that a third user, who is part of the plurality of users using the shared line, cannot resume the communication session with the first user.

A system for implementing a Session Initiation Protocol feature, comprising:

• an interface operable to receive a request from a first user to enable a privacy feature that reduces call information generated by a communications platform in one or more remote state notifications related to a call involving the first user, the first user being one of a plurality of users using a shared line supported by a communications platform;
• a processor coupled to the interface and operable to establish a communication session via the communications platform, the communication session being between a second user and the first user, the second user not being one of the plurality of users using the shared line, the shared line comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) phone line serving the plurality of users;
• and
• wherein:
• the interface is further operable to:
• send a remote state notification comprising reduced call information notifying the plurality of users of the communication session;
• and
• receive a request from a third user who is part of the plurality of users, to join the communication session between the first user and the second user;
• and
• the processor is further operable to integrate communications of the third user into the communication session between the first user and the second user.

A system for implementing Shared Line using a Session Initiation Protocol, comprising:

• a processor operable to establish a communication session via a communications platform, the communication session being between a first user and a second user, the second user being one of a plurality of users using a shared line, the first user not being one of the plurality of users using the shared line, the shared line comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) phone line serving the plurality of users;
• an interface coupled to the processor and operable to:
• receive a request from the second user to invoke a select feature to lock the communication session;
• and
• send a remote state notification comprising reduced information to the plurality of users;
• the processor further operable to lock the communication session between the first user and the second user so that a third user, who is part of the plurality of users using the shared line, cannot resume the communication session with the first user.

Logic embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code operable to:

• receive a request from a first user to enable a privacy feature that reduces call information generated by a communications platform in one or more remote state notifications related to a call involving the first user, the first user being one of a plurality of users using a shared line supported by a communications platform;
• establish a communication session via the communications platform, the communication session being between a second user and the first user, the second user not being one of the plurality of users using the shared line, the shared line comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) phone line serving the plurality of users;
• send, by the communications platform, a remote state notification comprising reduced call information notifying the plurality of users of the communication session;
• receive a request from a third user, who is part of the plurality of users, to join the communication session between the first user and the second user;
• and
• integrate communications of the third user into the communication session between the first user and the second user.

Logic embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code operable to:

• establish a communication session via a communications platform, the communication session being between a first user and a second user, the second user being one of a plurality of users using a shared line, the first user not being one of the plurality of users using the shared line, the shared line comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) phone line serving the plurality of users;
• receive a request from the second user to invoke a select feature to lock the communication session;
• send a remote state notification comprising reduced information to the plurality of users;
• and
• lock the communication session between the first user and the second user so that a third user, who is part of the plurality of users, using the shared line, cannot resume the communication session with the first user.