US 6,982,973 B2
Multimedia interface for IP telephony
John L. Truetken, McKinney, Tex. (US)
Assigned to MCI, Inc., Ashburn, Va. (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/303,342.
Application 10/303342 is a continuation of application No. 09/280732, filed on Mar. 29, 1999, granted, now 6,493,324.
Prior Publication US 2003/0067887 A1, Apr. 10, 2003
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/66 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 370—352 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing IP telephony sessions between a calling party client and a called party client, comprising:
displaying a call placement dialog on a user interface of the calling party client, the call placement dialog including fields for designating the called party client and a medium for a session;
transmitting a session invitation message to the called party client, the session invitation message identifying the calling party client and the designated medium;
receiving a first response from the called party client including a suggestion to use another medium; and
sending a second response to the called party client, in response to the receiving the first response, the second response indicating an agreement to use the another medium.