Context sensitive call processing

• US 20040127203A1
• Filed: 12/26/2002
• Published: 07/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Trossen, Dirk, Markki, Outi
• Application Number:
  US10/329,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20040127203A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Systems and methods that extract application data from software applications and convert the application data to profile data formatted in accordance with a profile data syntax are disclosed. The common syntax allows several different software applications to be used during the processing of calls.

Claims

1. A method of establishing call preference information for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

(a) extracting application data from at least one software application;

(b) converting the application data into profile data; and

(c) transmitting the profile data to a context database.

2. The method of claim 1, further including:

(d) determining status data; and

(e) transmitting the status data to the context database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the context database is stored within the mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, further including:

(d) creating at least one call preference rule that is a function of the profile data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one call preference rule is also a function of status data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the status data comprises a type of network connected to the mobile terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, further including:

(e) transmitting the at least one call preference rule to a call preference database.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein (d) comprises creating the at least one call preference rule with a computer device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the computer device is configured to exchange the at least one call preference rule with the mobile terminal.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein (e) comprises transmitting the at least one call preference rule from the computer device to the call preference database via a wide area network.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the application data comprises schedule data.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the application data comprises location data.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein (b) comprises converting the application data into a profile data formatted in accordance with a profile data syntax.

14. A mobile terminal configured to establish call preference information, the mobile terminal comprising:

an application module that creates application data; and

a context profile management module that converts the application data into profile data formatted in accordance with a profile data syntax.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, further including:

a call preference module that allows a user to create at least one call preference rule that is a function of the profile data.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the call preference rule is also a function of status data.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 14 wherein the application data comprises schedule data.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 14 wherein the application data comprises location data.

19. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for causing a mobile terminal to perform the steps comprising:

(a) extracting application data from at least one software application;

(b) converting the application data into profile data; and

(c) transmitting the profile data to a context database.