Communication service methods and systems

• US 20060234746A1
• Filed: 03/23/2006
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Bouat, Sebastien
• Granted Patent: US 7,653,406 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/518
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/106 across networks, e.g. mapping telephone numbers to data network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• 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 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/08 Trunked mobile radio systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A method is provided to enable a participant of a communication event established using a first communication service to initiate a communication with at least one other participant of the communication event using a second communication service. The method includes receiving, from the participant of the communication event, a communication, the communication being received via the second communication service, determining at least one other current participant of the communication event, and initiating at least one other communication with at least the other current participant.

Claims

1. A method to enable a participant of a communication event established using a first communication service to initiate a communication with at least one other participant of the communication event using a second communication service, the method comprising:

receiving, from the participant of the communication event and at a predeterminable address, a communication, the communication being received via the second communication service;

determining at least one other current participant of the communication event; and

initiating at least one other communication with the at least one other current participant.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising, upon establishing the communication event, adding a dummy or pseudo participant to the communication event, the dummy or pseudo participant being associated with the predeterminable address.

3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising, making available to a communication device of each participant of the communication event the predeterminable address.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining the at least one other current participant further comprises determining, from the received communication, the communication event associated with the communication.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first communication service is a session-based communication service.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the second communication service is a non session-based communication service.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein initiating the at least one other communication comprises forwarding the communication to the at least one other participant.

8. A system for enabling a participant of a communication session established using a first communication service to initiate a further communication with at least one other participant of the communication session using a second communication service, the system comprising:

a receiving module for receiving, from the participant of the communication session, a communication, the communication being received via the second communication service at a predeterminable address; and

processing logic operatively coupled to the receiving module and adapted to;

determine the at least one other participant of the communication session; and

initiate the further communication with the at least one other participant using the second communication service.

9. A system according to claim 8, further comprising, a session control manager for, upon establishment of the communication session, adding a dummy or pseudo participant to the communication session, the dummy or pseudo participant being associated with the predeterminable address.

10. A system according to claim 9, wherein the session control manager is adapted to make available to a communication device of each participant of the communication session the predetermined address.

11. A system according to claim 8, wherein the processing logic is adapted to determine, from the communication, the communication session and current participants of the communication session.

12. A system according to claim 8, wherein the first communication service is a session-based communication service.

13. A system according to claim 8, wherein the second communication service is a non session-based communication service.

14. A system according to claim 8, wherein the processing logic is adapted to forward the communication to the at least one other participant.