Apparatus and method for displaying information of calling partner during call waiting in portable wireless terminal

• US 20060073817A1
• Filed: 06/13/2005
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jong-Hoon
• Granted Patent: US 7,236,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/417
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/64 Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations centralised dictation systems H04M11/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/654 Pre, in or post-call message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• 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 3/42085 Called party identification service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42119 where the identifier is a Uniform Resource Locator
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for displaying on calling partner terminal during call waiting information on a wireless terminal received via an Internet server through which a user stores a call connection community screen, with a message containing a call connection community screen is received via the Internet server and displayed for a calling partner during a call waiting in a wireless terminal. A predetermined field of the message is checked when a message is received from the messaging server in a call waiting status. If the predetermined field has a specific set value, the call connection community screen is extracted from the message and displayed on a display window, with the call connection community screen containing information of the calling partner. User individuality can be visually expressed to the calling partner during the call waiting and the call waiting time can be more efficiently utilized through the interactive screen.

Claims

1. A method for displaying information of a calling partner during call waiting in a wireless terminal, in which a user stores a registered call connection community screen in a database for display of information on a wireless terminal of a calling partner during call waiting;

and a messaging server creates and transmits a message to a corresponding wireless terminal, the message containing the call connection community screen from an Internet server, the method comprising the steps;

checking a predetermined message field when a message is received from the messaging server in a call waiting status; and

if the predetermined field has a specific set value, extracting the call connection community screen from the message and displaying the extracted call connection community screen on a display window, the call connection community screen containing information of the calling partner.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the call connection community screen displays one of a calling partner'"'"'s schedule, an emoticon, an advertisement image, an event image, D-day of an event and matter for congratulation and condolence, a number of calls, a calling partner'"'"'s popularity and bio-rhythm, an absence/presence message, and a photograph.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the emoticon is only available to close friends.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the call connection community screen is a personal homepage which operates via the Internet server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the call connection community screen contains link information for requesting additional information from the Internet server.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

storing the displayed call connection community screen in a predetermined region of a memory according to a user'"'"'s selection.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

storing the received message in a message box, if the specific field lacks the specific set value.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the message containing the call connection community screen is one of an MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) message, an EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service) message, an SMS (Short Message Service) message, and an LMS (Long Message Service) message.

9. An apparatus for displaying information of a calling partner during call waiting in a wireless terminal, in which a user stores a registered call connection community screen in a database so as to display an information on a wireless terminal of a calling partner during call waiting, the apparatus comprising:

a BSC (Base Station Controller) for transmitting a message requesting a call connection community screen when an outgoing call is detected;

an Internet server for extracting a caller IDentification (ID) and a called ID from the request message, accessing a database using the caller and called IDs, reading out call connection community screens registered by a calling party and a called party, and transmitting a message containing the read-out call connection community screens to a messaging server;

the messaging server for extracting the call connection community screens of the calling party and the called party from the message transmitted by the Internet server, creating a message containing the call connection community screen of the called party and transmitting the message to a calling terminal, and creating a message containing the call connection community screen of the calling party and transmitting the message to a called terminal;

the calling terminal for extracting the call connection community screen containing information of the called party from the message transmitted by the messaging server and displaying the call connection community screen on a display window during call waiting; and

the called terminal for extracting the call connection community screen containing information of the calling party from the message transmitted by the messaging server and displaying the call connection community screen on a display window during call waiting.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the call connection community screen displays one of a user'"'"'s schedule, an emoticon, an advertisement image, an event image, D-day of an event and matter for congratulation and condolence, a number of calls, a user'"'"'s popularity and bio-rhythm, an absence/presence, and a photograph.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the emoticon is only available to close friends.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the call connection community screen is a personal homepage which operates via the Internet server.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the message containing the call connection community screen is any one of an MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) message, an EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service) message, an SMS (Short Message Service) message, and an LMS (Long Message Service) message.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the call connection community screen contains a link information which makes it possible to request additional information to the Internet server.