SERVICE CONTROL FRAMEWORK FOR SEAMLESS TRANSFER OF A MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE OVER DIFFERENT MEDIA

摘要

A system, method and computer program product are provided for seamless transfer of a conference over different media. Initially, a conference is initiated on a first medium (402 of Fig. 4) with a first set of associated capabilities utilizing a network (300 of Fig. 3). During use, a request to transfer the conference to a second medium (404 of Fig. 4) is received utilizing the network. A second set of capabilities associated with the second medium is then determined in response to the request. Aspects of the conference requiring the first set of capabilities associated with the first medium are then disabled in response to the request. In a similar manner, aspects of the conference supported by the second set of capabilities associated with the second medium are enabled in response to the request. The conference is thus seamlessly continued on the second medium.