Method and system for creating a virtual sip user agent by use of a webrtc enabled web browser

Abstract

A method for creating a virtual SIP user agent by use of a webRTC enabled web browser ( 200 ) comprises a user logging in to a web application server ( 400 ) via a webRTC enabled web browser ( 200 ). The web application server ( 400 ) uses the logged on user identity to lookup an associated SIP user identity along with a registrar server address and the web application server ( 400 ) initiates a SIP registration procedure using its IP address as the registered contact.

We claim: 
     
         1 - 7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . A method for creating a virtual SIP user agent by use of a webRTC enabled web browser, the method comprising:
 a) processing a user login by a web application server having and IP address, said user login via a webRTC enabled web browser, said user login including receipt of a logged on user user identity;   b) looking up an associated SIP user identity and a registrar server address using the logged on user identity through the web application server;   c) initiating, through the web application server, a SIP registration procedure using the web application server's IP address as a registered contact.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the user login comprises a username and password authentication. 
     
     
         10 . The method of claim  1 , comprising authenticating the user login with a single sign-on. 
     
     
         11 . The method of claim  1 , wherein one of the associated SIP user identity and the registrar server address is at least partly supplied by a user who provided the user login. 
     
     
         12 . The method of claim  1 , wherein at least one of the associated SIP user identity and the registrar server address is at least partly retrieved by a user identity management system. 
     
     
         13 . The method of claim  1 , wherein the web application server assumes and maintains in a database a plurality of user SIP credentials and propagates this information to a user SIP SBC/Proxy/Registrar via an appropriate SIP request interface. 
     
     
         14 . A system for webRTC enabled web browser, comprising creating a virtual SIP user agent with a system comprising a web client running on a webRTC enabled web browser, a web application server, a SIP registrar server, and a SIP server all in operative communication with each other. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the single sign-on is a corporate entitlement system. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the database includes at least one member of the group consisting of an SIP registrar address, an E.164 number, an SIP username, and a digest authentication password. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the SIP request interface is a REGISTER message.