Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for suppressing a handoff of a media stream associated with a communication session between communication devices one of which is a mobile device capable of making and receiving calls on separate networks. The technique suppresses an automatic media stream handoff between the mobile device and an IP network based call server in which the automatic media stream handoff comprises switching a communication path of the media stream between the mobile device and the IP network based call server from one including an IP access point to one including a cellular access point. The technique stores a list of IP access points to which the mobile device has previously connected and accepts input indicative of selecting one or more of the IP access points. Thereafter, either the mobile device or the call server prevents an automatic handoff process for any of the selected IP access points.

Abstract: A system and method for retrieving distributed content responsive to voice data are disclosed. Voice data is transmitted from a source client device to media server which applies a mixing table to route the voice data to one or more destinations described by the mixing table. The media server also analyzes the received voice data for one or more events. Responsive to detecting an event, the media server communicates with an application server, which modifies the mixing table so that subsequent data is also routed to a media generator which analyzes voice data received after detection of the event for a command. The media generator communicates with the application server to retrieve data from a user data source, such as a website, associated with a detected command. The media generator produces an audio representation of the retrieved data which is communicated to the source client device via the media server.

Abstract: A system and method for retrieving distributed content responsive to voice data are disclosed. Voice data is transmitted from a source client device to media server which applies a mixing table to route the voice data to one or more destinations described by the mixing table. The media server also analyzes the received voice data for one or more events. Responsive to detecting an event, the media server communicates with an application server, which modifies the mixing table so that subsequent data is also routed to a media generator which analyzes voice data received after detection of the event for a command. The media generator communicates with the application server to retrieve data from a user data source, such as a website, associated with a detected command. The media generator produces an audio representation of the retrieved data which is communicated to the source client device via the media server.