Mobile communications terminal and method

• US 20060029202A1
• Filed: 08/05/2004
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Koskela, Antti
• Granted Patent: US 7,412,041 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/041 Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/04 the calling signal being supplied from the final selector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42365 Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity

Abstract

In a telephone terminal an incoming call is detected from a calling entity followed by determining a caller identity of the calling entity. Then it is determined whether the caller identity is associated with a subscription to presence information associated with the calling entity, where the presence information includes media data for output through an output unit in the telephone terminal. If the caller identity was determined to be associated with a subscription to presence information, it is determined whether the media data is present in the terminal, and if the media data is present in the terminal, the media data is output through an output unit in the telephone terminal.

Claims

1. A method in a telephone terminal, comprising:

detecting an incoming call from a calling entity,

determining a caller identity of the calling entity,

determining whether the caller identity is associated with a subscription to presence information associated with the calling entity, where the presence information comprises media data for output through an output unit in the telephone terminal,

determining, if the caller identity was determined to be associated with a subscription to presence information, whether the media data is present in the terminal, and if the media data is present in the terminal, outputting the media data through an output unit in the telephone terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

fetching the media data, if the caller identity was determined to be associated with a subscription to the presence information and if the media data is not present in the terminal, from the presence information associated with the caller identity.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the caller identity is associated with a subscription to presence information comprises communication with a presence server.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of fetching the media data comprises fetching data from the presence server.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the media data comprises a ring-tone.

8. A computer program loadable into memory means of a telephone terminal and when executed performing a method according to claim 1.

6. A telephone terminal comprising means for:

detecting an incoming call from a calling entity,

determining a caller identity of the calling entity,

determining whether the caller identity is associated with a subscription to presence information associated with the calling entity, where the presence information comprises media data for output through an output unit in the telephone terminal,

determining, if the caller identity was determined to be associated with a subscription to presence information, whether the media data is present in the terminal, and if the media data is present in the terminal, outputting the media data through an output unit in the telephone terminal.

7. The telephone terminal according to claim 6, further comprising means for:

fetching the media data, if the caller identity was determined to be associated with a subscription to the presence information and if the media data is not present in the terminal, from the presence information associated with the caller identity.