Method and apparatus for providing contextual information with telephone calls
First Claim
1. A method for propagating contextual data in an audio communication, the method comprising:
- initiating an audio communication between a first party and a second party;
obtaining contextual data from the first party;
storing the contextual data in a text document;
linking the text document to the audio communication; and
propagating the text document with the audio communication.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for propagating contextual data in an audio communication by storing the contextual data obtained from a calling party in an extensible mark-up language formatted text document. A telephone call between a first party and a second party is converted to a session initiation protocol based voice over internet protocol communication, and the stored text document is attached to session initiation protocol messages that control the voice over internet protocol communication. The document is attached to the signaling messages by embedding the text document in a session description payload associated with the session initiation protocol message. The attached document is propagated with the audio communication, including when the signaling messages are used to transfer the audio communication from the second party to a third party or to add one or more addition parties to the audio communication.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for propagating contextual data in an audio communication, the method comprising:
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initiating an audio communication between a first party and a second party;
obtaining contextual data from the first party;
storing the contextual data in a text document;
linking the text document to the audio communication; and
propagating the text document with the audio communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for propagating contextual data in an audio communication, the method comprising:
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converting an audio communication between a first party and a second party to a session initiation protocol based voice over internet protocol communication;
obtaining contextual data from the first party;
storing the contextual data in an extensible mark-up language formatted text document;
attaching the text document to one or more of the session initiation protocol messages that control the voice over internet protocol communication; and
propagating the text document with the audio communication. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A computer readable medium containing a computer executable code that when read by a computer causes the computer to perform a method for propagating contextual data in an audio communication, the method comprising:
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initiating an audio communication between a first party and a second party;
obtaining contextual data from the first party;
storing the contextual data in a text document;
linking the text document to the audio communication; and
propagating the text document with the audio communication. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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