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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
David E. Phelps, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Matthew A. Nickols, Sachse, TX (US);
Tim D. Paiement, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Peter E. Hanson, Dallas, TX (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing a setup timer in a SIP-based network including initiating a session by transmitting one or more messages to a first user. The system and method also comprises starting a first timer upon transmitting the one or more messages, wherein the first timer is configured to expire after a first predetermined time period. The system and method further comprises starting a second timer upon transmitting the one or more messages, wherein the second timer is configured to expire after a second predetermined time period. The system and method furthermore comprises transmitting one or more instructions upon expiration of at least one of the first timer and the second timer, and taking one or more actions based at least in part on the one or more instructions.