Caller identification using push-to-talk protocol for wireless communications devices

• US 20050287997A1
• Filed: 06/29/2004
• Published: 12/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fournier, Gwendolyn
• Granted Patent: US 7,738,861 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A calling party'"'"'s mobile terminal includes a push-to-talk (PTT) actuator, a transceiver operable to communicate in a half-duplex mode, and a controller. SIP signaling messages sent by the calling party include information associated with one or more customized caller IDs of the calling party. The caller IDs are customized, stored, and managed by the calling party. A remote party'"'"'s mobile terminal receives the SIP signaling messages, and outputs the calling party'"'"'s customized caller ID to the remote party to identify the calling party.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a transceiver to transmit and receive signals in a half-duplex mode;

a push-to-talk actuator to activate the transceiver in the half-duplex mode; and

a controller to generate a SIP signaling message including information associated with a calling party'"'"'s customized caller ID responsive to the actuation of the push-to-talk actuator.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 wherein the SIP signaling message comprises a SIP INVITE message.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 wherein the information associated with the customized caller ID comprises an audio file.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 wherein the information associated with the customized caller ID comprises an image file.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 wherein the information associated with the customized caller ID comprises a video file.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 wherein the information associated with the customized caller ID comprises a text file.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 wherein the information associated with the customized caller ID comprises a URL that identifies the location of one or more customized caller ID files on a server.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 further comprising memory to store the information associated with the customized caller ID.

9. A communications system comprising:

a base station system;

a core network to communicate with the base station system; and

a mobile terminal to communicate with the base station system in a half-duplex mode, wherein the mobile terminal transmits SIP signaling messages that include information associated with a caller ID customized by a calling party.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the base station system comprises a packet switched radio network.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the core network comprises a first server to communicate the SIP signaling messages with the mobile terminal via the base station system.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the first server includes a database to store the information associated with the user'"'"'s customized caller ID.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the core network further comprises a second server including a database communicatively connected to the first server to store the information associated with the user'"'"'s customized caller ID.

14. The system of claim 11 further comprising an external server located in a publicly accessible network communicatively connected to the first server to store the information associated with the user'"'"'s customized caller ID.

15. A method of identifying a calling party to a recipient comprising:

storing a customized caller ID, wherein the caller ID is customized by a calling party;

generating a SIP signaling message including information associated with the customized caller ID; and

transmitting the SIP signaling message from the calling party'"'"'s mobile terminal in a half-duplex mode to the recipient'"'"'s mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the calling party associating the customized caller ID with one or more recipients.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising storing the association in memory on the calling party'"'"'s mobile terminal.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising storing the association on a server in the communications network.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising storing the association on a server located in a publicly accessible network.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein the calling party'"'"'s mobile terminal generates the SIP signaling message including the information associated with the customized caller ID.

21. The method of claim 15 wherein the information associated with the customized caller ID comprises one or more of an audio file, an image file, a video file, and a text file.

22. The method of claim 15 wherein the information associated with the customized caller ID comprises a URL.

23. The method of claim 15 wherein generating the SIP signaling message comprises including selected information associated with the calling party'"'"'s customized caller ID in the body of the SIP signaling message.

25. A server comprising:

a controller configured to;

receive a SIP signaling message from a calling party; and

send a SIP signaling message to a called party, the SIP signaling message including information associated with a caller ID customized by a calling party.

26. The server of claim 25 wherein the information associated with the calling party'"'"'s customized caller ID comprises one or more files.

27. The server of claim 25 wherein the information associated with the calling party'"'"'s customized caller ID comprises a URL.

28. The server of claim 25 wherein the controller is further configured to retrieve one or more files from a publicly accessible server based on an indication sent by the calling party, and send the files to the called party in the SIP signaling message.

29. The server of claim 25 wherein the SIP signaling message received from the calling party includes the information associated with the calling party'"'"'s customized caller ID.

30. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display;

a speaker;

a transceiver to receive a SIP signaling message including information associated with a caller ID, the caller ID customized by a calling party; and

a controller configured to output the customized caller ID to a user of the mobile terminal.

24. The method of claim 33 wherein the SIP signaling message comprises a SIP INVITE message.

31. The mobile terminal of claim 30 wherein the controller is further configured to retrieve one or more files from a server based on the information associated with the customized caller ID.

32. The mobile terminal of claim 30 wherein the controller is configured to output the customized caller ID on the display.

33. The mobile terminal of claim 31 wherein the controller is configured to output the customized caller ID over the speaker.