Method for managing fixed and mobile terminals in an environment comprising a mobile network including IMS network and a company network

A management server for managing fixed and mobile terminals in an environment comprising an operator's mobile network including an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network, an enterprise network including internet protocol-based private branch exchange (IP-PBX) equipment, and an interconnection IP network between the enterprise network and the mobile network, said management server comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing a determination module, an acting module and an updating module, wherein:
• the determination module determines the mobile terminals of the mobile network that are registered with the IMS network and the enterprise terminals that are registered with the IP-PBX equipment of the enterprise network;
• the acting module acts, while a multimedia communications session involving any terminal that is determined as being registered with the IMS network or with the IP-PBX equipment, is being initialized via the IMS network, to obtain the capabilities of that terminal, which capabilities are defined by at least one parameter from a set of parameters including a media type that can be accepted by the terminal and the bandwidth needed for setting up a multimedia communications session with the terminal;
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• the updating module updates a database with information identifying the mobile terminals of the mobile network that are registered with the IMS network and the enterprise terminals that are registered with the IP-PBX equipment, and with information representative of the capabilities that have been obtained for each identified terminal.

A Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC-AS) server complying with the internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) centralized service (ICS) standard, said server including a management server for managing fixed and mobile terminals in an environment comprising an operator's mobile network including an IMS network, an enterprise network including internet protocol-based private branch exchange (IP-PBX) equipment, and an interconnection IP network between the enterprise network and the mobile network, said management server comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing a determination module, an acting module and an updating module, wherein:
• the determination module determines the mobile terminals of the mobile network that are registered with the IMS network and the enterprise terminals that are registered with the IP-PBX equipment of the enterprise network;
• the acting module acts, while a multimedia communications session involving any terminal that is determined as being registered with the IMS network or with the IP-PBX equipment as the case may be, is being initialized via the IMS network, to obtain the capabilities of that terminal, which capabilities are defined by at least one parameter from a set of parameters including a media type that can be accepted by the terminal and the bandwidth needed for setting up a multimedia communications session with the terminal;
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• the updating module updates a database with information identifying the mobile terminals of the mobile network that are registered with the IMS network and the enterprise terminals that are registered with the IP-PBX equipment, and with information representative of the capabilities that have been obtained for each identified terminal.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for performing a method, when the program is executed by a processor, the method of managing fixed and mobile terminals in an environment comprising an operator's mobile network including an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network, an enterprise network including internet protocol-based private branch exchange (IP-PBX) equipment, and an interconnection IP network between the enterprise network and the mobile network, the method being performed in a management server and comprising steps consisting in:

• determining the mobile terminals of the mobile network that are registered with the IMS network and the enterprise terminals that are registered with the IP-PBX equipment of the enterprise network;
• while a multimedia communications session involving any terminal that is determined as being registered with the IMS network or with the IP-PBX equipment as the case may be, is being initialized via the IMS network, obtaining the capabilities of that terminal, which capabilities are defined by at least one parameter from a set of parameters including a media type that can be accepted by the terminal and the bandwidth needed for setting up a multimedia communications session with the terminal;
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• updating a database with information identifying the mobile terminals of the mobile network that are registered with the IMS network and the enterprise terminals that are registered with the IP-PBX equipment, and with information representative of the capabilities that have been obtained for each identified terminal.