Incomplete call notification for video
First Claim
1. Incomplete call notification apparatus comprising:
- a determination unit for detecting an incomplete video call, an interrogation unit associated with said determination unit, for obtaining call data of said incomplete video call, said video call being to a given called party and said call data being at least indicative of a calling party, and a forwarding unit associated with said interrogation unit, for arranging said called data into a format for forwarding to said called party.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a telephone subscriber with data of incomplete video calls is presented. A determination unit detects an incomplete video call, possibly by receiving a signal from a telephone switch, by receiving a signal from a video mail system or by monitoring the operation of the network exchange switch. An interrogation unit then obtains call data which indicates the calling party, and may give further details of the missed video call. The data is stored in a format for forwarding to the called party, preferably as an MMS. If call data is provided for all call types (such as both voice and video), the determination unit may also determine that a given call is a video call based on a call type indicator.
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44 Claims
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1. Incomplete call notification apparatus comprising:
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a determination unit for detecting an incomplete video call, an interrogation unit associated with said determination unit, for obtaining call data of said incomplete video call, said video call being to a given called party and said call data being at least indicative of a calling party, and a forwarding unit associated with said interrogation unit, for arranging said called data into a format for forwarding to said called party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. Incomplete call notification apparatus comprising:
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an input for receiving call data of an incomplete video call, said call data comprising at least caller identification information, a database for storing at least said caller identification information from said input, and a data provision unit, associated with said database for forwarding said caller identification information to a called party. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of providing sources of incomplete video calls comprising:
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setting at least one of a network exchange switch and a video mail system with a protocol for sending caller identification information of video calls made through said switch but not completed, said caller identification information being indicative of said source, receiving said caller identification information at a notification platform on said network, and forwarding said caller identification information to the called party.
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38. A method of providing sources of incomplete video calls comprising:
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setting at least one of a network exchange switch and a video mail system to provide a notification platform with a signal that a call has been placed through said switch, receiving said signal at a notification platform on said network, identifying said call as an incomplete video call;
obtaining call data in response to said identification, said call data being at least indicative of a respective source, and forwarding data indicative of said source to the called party. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. Incomplete call notification method comprising:
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detecting an incomplete video call, obtaining call data of said incomplete video call, said video call being to a given called party and said call data being at least indicative of a calling party, and arranging said called data into a format for forwarding to said called party. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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