METHODS FOR AFFILIATING ENDPOINTS WITH A GROUP AND DETERMINING COMMON COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES FOR THE AFFILIATED ENDPOINTS

摘要

In a communications system having a plurality of endpoints each including a logical entity and its physical counterpart, a method of group affiliation. The method including the steps of: receiving a first message from a requestor via application layer routing that includes an affiliation request (602); generating a response to the affiliation request as a function of the type of affiliation request received (604); and communicating the response to the affiliation request to the requestor via application layer routing (606).