Wireless VoIP/VIP roaming to access point of different network type

A set of processor-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory processor-readable medium, wherein the processor-readable medium is part of a SIP endpoint entity, when executed by a processor, the set of instructions being for:

• handling first VoIP/VIP (voice over Internet Protocol or video over Internet Protocol) data payloads transferred to a mobile communication device in a first session, the first session being performed at least in part over a first wireless communication link between a call endpoint and the SIP endpoint entity;
• receiving a SPAWN message from the call endpoint in the first session, the SPAWN message being transferred at least in part over the first wireless communication link;
• generating a SPAWN identifier associated with the first session, storing the SPAWN identifier in the memory of the SIP endpoint entity, and sending the SPAWN identifier from the SIP endpoint entity back to the call endpoint at least in part over the first wireless communication link;
• receiving a SIP invite message from the call endpoint, the SIP invite message including the SPAWN identifier associated with the first session, the SIP invite message being transferred by the call endpoint at least in part over a second wireless communication link;
• setting up a second session at least in part over the second wireless communication link between the call endpoint and the SIP endpoint entity such that both the first session and the second session are both active when the SPAWN identifier included in the SIP invite message is recognized by comparison with a list of one or more stored SPAWN identifiers associated with the first session;
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• handling second VoIP/VIP data payloads transferred at least in part over the second wireless communication link to the mobile communication device in the second session, wherein the first VoIP/VIP data payloads and the second VoIP/VIP data payloads are data payloads of a single media stream.

A set of processor-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory processor-readable medium, wherein the processor-readable medium is part of a mobile communication device, when executed by a processor, the set of instructions being for:

• communicating, at least in part over a first wireless communication link, first VoIP/VIP (voice over Internet Protocol or video over Internet Protocol) data payloads to a call endpoint in a first session;
• generating a SPAWN message and sending, at least in part over the first wireless communication link, the SPAWN message from the mobile communication device to the call endpoint in the first session;
• receiving, at least in part over the first wireless communication link, from the call endpoint, a SIP response message to the mobile communication device in the first session, the SIP response message including a SPAWN identifier generated by the call endpoint and associated with the first session;
• generating a SIP invite message that includes the SPAWN identifier associated with the first session, and sending the SIP invite message from the mobile communication device to the call endpoint, at least in part over a second wireless communication link, such that a second session is set up, at least in part over the second wireless communication link, the first and second sessions being both active, the first and second sessions having different CALL-IDs;
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• communicating second VoIP/VIP data payloads, at least in part over the second wireless communication link, to the call endpoint in the second session, wherein the first VoIP/VIP data payloads and the second VoIP/VIP data payloads are payloads of a single media stream.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for communicating first VoIP/VIP (voice over Internet Protocol or video over Internet Protocol) packets in a first session between a first IP address and a second IP address, wherein the first IP address is an IP address associated with a first device and wherein the second IP address is an IP address associated with a second device, and wherein communications associated with the first session occur over a first wireless communication link between the first device and a transceiver on a first network;
• means for communicating a SPAWN SIP (Session Initialization Protocol) message in the first session from the first device to the second device, wherein the SPAWN SIP message identifies the first session;
• means for initializing a second session using the SPAWN SIP message so that the first session and the second session are both active, the second session being between a third IP address and the second IP address, wherein the third IP address is associated with the first device, and wherein means for initializing the second session includes:
• means for receiving, at the first device and from the second device, a first SIP OK message including a SPAWN identifier, wherein the SPAWN identifier is generated at the second device in response to receiving the SPAWN SIP message, and wherein the SPAWN identifier associates the first session and the second session with each other;
• means for sending a first SIP ACK message from the first device to the second device in response to receiving the first SIP OK message;
• means for sending a SIP INVITE message from the first device to the second device, wherein the SIP INVITE message includes the SPAWN identifier;
• means for receiving by the first device a second SIP OK message generated by the second device when the SPAWN identifier included in the SIP INVITE message is recognized by the second device by comparison with a list of one or more SPAWN identifiers stored on the second device;
• means for sending a second SIP ACK message from the first device to the second device;
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• means for communicating second VoIP/VIP packets in the second session between the third IP address and the second IP address, wherein communications associated with the second session occur over a second wireless communication link between the first device and a transceiver on a second network, wherein the first VoIP/VIP packets and the second VoIP/VIP packets include voice data of a single media stream.

A set of processor-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory processor-readable medium, wherein the processor-readable medium is part of a mobile wireless communication device, when executed by a processor, the set of instructions being for:

• communicating first VoIP/VIP (voice over Internet Protocol or video over Internet Protocol) packets in a first session between a first IP address and a second IP address, wherein the first IP address is an IP address associated with a first device and wherein the second IP address is an IP address associated with a second device, and wherein communications associated with the first session occur over a first wireless communication link between the first device and a transceiver on a first network;
• communicating a SPAWN SIP (Session Initialization Protocol) message in the first session from the first device to the second device, wherein the SPAWN SIP message identifies the first session;
• initializing a second session using the SPAWN SIP message so that the first session and the second session are both active, the second session being between a third IP address and the second IP address, wherein the third IP address is associated with the first device, and wherein initializing the second session includes:
• receiving, at the first device and from the second device, a first SIP OK message including a SPAWN identifier, wherein the SPAWN identifier is generated at the second device in response to receiving the SPAWN SIP message, and wherein the SPAWN identifier associates the first session and the second session with each other;
• sending a first SIP ACK message from the first device to the second device in response to receiving the first SIP OK message;
• sending a SIP INVITE message from the first device to the second device, wherein the SIP INVITE message includes the SPAWN identifier;
• receiving by the first device a second SIP OK message generated by the second device when the SPAWN identifier included in the SIP INVITE message is recognized by the second device by comparison with a list of one or more SPAWN identifiers stored on the second device;
• sending a second SIP ACK message from the first device to the second device;
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• communicating second VoIP/VIP packets in the second session between the third IP address and the second IP address, wherein communications associated with the second session occur over a second wireless communication link between the first device and a transceiver on a second network, wherein the first VoIP/VIP packets and the second VoIP/VIP packets include voice data of a single media stream.

A method for wireless communication, comprising

• handling first VoIP/VIP (voice over Internet Protocol or video over Internet Protocol) data payloads transferred to a mobile communication device in a first session, the first session being performed at least in part over a first wireless communication link between a call endpoint and the SIP endpoint entity;
• receiving a SPAWN message from the call endpoint in the first session, the SPAWN message being transferred at least in part over the first wireless communication link;
• generating a SPAWN identifier associated with the first session, storing the SPAWN identifier in the memory of the SIP endpoint entity, and sending the SPAWN identifier from the SIP endpoint entity back to the call endpoint at least in part over the first wireless communication link;
• receiving a SIP invite message from the call endpoint, the SIP invite message including the SPAWN identifier associated with the first session, the SIP invite message being transferred by the call endpoint at least in part over a second wireless communication link;
• setting up a second session at least in part over the second wireless communication link between the call endpoint and the SIP endpoint entity such that both the first session and the second session are both active when the SPAWN identifier included in the SIP invite message is recognized by comparison with a list of one or more stored SPAWN identifiers associated with the first session;
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• handling second VoIP/VIP data payloads transferred at least in part over the second wireless communication link to the mobile communication device in the second session, wherein the first VoIP/VIP data payloads and the second VoIP/VIP data payloads are data payloads of a single media stream.

A method for wireless communication, comprising:

• communicating at least in part over a first wireless communication link first VoIP/VIP (voice over Internet Protocol or video over Internet Protocol) data payloads to a call endpoint in a first session;
• generating a SPAWN message and sending, at least in part over the first wireless communication link, the SPAWN message from a mobile communication device to the call endpoint in the first session;
• receiving, at least in part over the first wireless communication link, from the call endpoint, a SIP response message to the mobile communication device in the first session, the SIP response message including a SPAWN identifier generated by the call endpoint and associated with the first session;
• generating a SIP invite message that includes the SPAWN identifier associated with the first session, and sending the SIP invite message from the mobile communication device to the call endpoint, at least in part over a second wireless communication link, such that a second session is set up, at least in part over the second wireless communication link, the first and second sessions being both active, the first and second sessions having different CALL-IDs;
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• communicating second VoIP/VIP data payloads, at least in part over the second wireless communication link, to the call endpoint in the second session, wherein the first VoIP/VIP data payloads and the second VoIP/VIP data payloads are payloads of a single media stream.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising

• means for handling first VoIP/VIP (voice over Internet Protocol or video over Internet Protocol) data payloads transferred to a mobile communication device in a first session, the first session being performed at least in part over a first wireless communication link between a call endpoint and a SIP endpoint entity;
• means for receiving a SPAWN message from the call endpoint in the first session, the SPAWN message being transferred at least in part over the first wireless communication link;
• means for generating a SPAWN identifier associated with the first session, storing the SPAWN identifier in the memory of SIP endpoint entity, and sending the SPAWN identifier from the SIP endpoint entity back to the call endpoint at least in part over the first wireless communication link;
• means for receiving a SIP invite message from the call endpoint, the SIP invite message including the SPAWN identifier associated with the first session, the SIP invite message being transferred by the call endpoint at least in part over a second wireless communication link;
• means for setting up a second session at least in part over the second wireless communication link between the call endpoint and the SIP endpoint entity such that both the first session and the second session are both active, when the SPAWN identifier included in the SIP invite message is recognized by comparison with a list of one or more stored SPAWN identifiers associated with the first session;
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• means for handling second VoIP/VIP data payloads transferred at least in part over the second wireless communication link to the mobile communication device in the second session, wherein the first VoIP/VIP data payloads and the second VoIP/VIP data payloads are data payloads of a single media stream.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for communicating at least in part over a first wireless communication link first VoIP/VIP (voice over Internet Protocol or video over Internet Protocol) data payloads to a call endpoint in a first session;
• means for generating a SPAWN message and sending, at least in part over the first wireless communication link, the SPAWN message from a mobile wireless device to the call endpoint in the first session;
• means for receiving, at least in part over the first wireless communication link, from the call endpoint, a SIP response message to the mobile communication device in the first session, the SIP response message including a SPAWN identifier generated by the call endpoint and associated with the first session;
• means for generating a SIP invite that includes the SPAWN identifier associated with the first session, and sending the SIP invite message from the mobile communication device to the call endpoint, at least in part over the second wireless communication link, such that a second session is set up, at least in part over the second wireless communication link, the first and second sessions being both active, the first and second sessions having different CALL-IDs;
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• means for communicating second VoIP/VIP data payloads, at least in part over the second wireless communication link, to the call endpoint in the second session, wherein the first VoIP/VIP data payloads and the second VoIP/VIP data payloads are payloads of a single media stream.