Method and apparatus for implementing intelligent call service

• US 20070153997A1
• Filed: 02/07/2007
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shang, Wanjun
• Application Number:
  US11/703,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20070153997A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/114.290
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/005 Personal communication services, e.g. provisions for portability of subscriber numbers

Abstract

A method for implementing Intelligent Call Service, includes: allocating a unique number to a user, storing the unique number and a plurality of terminal numbers bound with the unique number, the user'"'"'s Presence status and the routing order corresponding to the user'"'"'s presence status; when the system receives a call for calling the unique number, determining a routing order according to the user'"'"'s Presence status information corresponding to the unique number; determining corresponding terminal numbers bound with the unique number according to the routing order and issuing the call sequentially or simultaneously to the corresponding terminal numbers. An apparatus for implementing Intelligent Call Service is also disclosed. The embodiments of the present invention integrate the advantages of Presence service and Intelligent Call Routing service, and provide better service to users.

Claims

1. A method for implementing Intelligent Call Service, comprising:

receiving a call request for calling a unique number of a user;

obtaining the user'"'"'s Presence status information according to the unique number and determining a routing order;

determining corresponding terminal numbers bound with the unique number according to the routing order; and

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issuing the call to the corresponding terminal numbers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the issuing the call to the corresponding terminal numbers comprises sequentially issuing the call to the corresponding terminal numbers.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the issuing the call to the corresponding terminal numbers comprises simultaneously issuing the call to the corresponding terminal numbers.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

allocating a unique number to a user, storing the unique number and a plurality of terminal numbers bound with the unique number, the user'"'"'s Presence status and the routing order corresponding to the user'"'"'s presence status.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the user'"'"'s Presence status information further comprises:

logging in a Presence server via a Presence client and inputting the user'"'"'s current Presence status information;

determining whether the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored locally is the same as the inputted Presence status information;

if it is the same, prompting that the user'"'"'s Presence status information has been stored, otherwise, updating the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored locally and returning a message of successful update.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, on receiving a call request for calling a unique number of a user, an Intelligent Call Routing (ICR) server determines a routing order according to the user'"'"'s Presence status information corresponding to the unique number;

and determines corresponding terminal numbers bound with the unique number according to the routing order and issues the call to the corresponding terminal numbers.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the user'"'"'s Presence status information further comprises:

dialing an access number corresponding to Interactive Voice Response (IVR) service via a user terminal and logging in an IVR service system in an ICR server;

inputting the user'"'"'s current Presence status information according to prompt voice of the IVR service system;

determining whether the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored in a local database is the same as the Presence status information inputted by the user;

if it is the same, prompting that the user'"'"'s Presence status information has been stored, otherwise updating the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored in the local database and returning a message of successful update.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

when updating the user'"'"'s Presence status information, synchronously updating the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored in the Presence server and the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored in the ICR server.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

when updating the user'"'"'s Presence status information, synchronously updating the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored in the Presence server and the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored in the ICR server.

10. An apparatus for implementing Intelligent Call Service, comprising:

an incoming call access module, receiving a call request for calling a unique number of a user and forward the call to an intelligent route selecting module;

an intelligent route selecting module, querying a database according to the unique number to obtain Presence status information of the called user, determining a routing order, determining corresponding terminal numbers bound with the unique number according to the routing order and notifying a ringing module;

a ringing module, issuing a ringing call to the corresponding terminal numbers.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a database, storing a unique number allocated to a user, a plurality of user terminal numbers bound with the unique number, the user'"'"'s Presence status information and a routing order corresponding to the user'"'"'s Presence status information.

12. A Presence server, comprising:

a Presence status information receiving unit, interacting with a Presence client to obtain or update a user'"'"'s Presence status information;

a synchronous interface, synchronously updating the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored locally and the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored in an ICR server.

13. The Presence server of claim 12, further comprising:

a database, storing a unique number allocated to a user, a plurality of user terminal numbers bound with the unique number, the user'"'"'s Presence status information and a routing order corresponding to the user'"'"'s Presence status information.

14. An Intelligent Call Routing (ICR) server, comprising:

an access module, interacting with a client to obtain or update a user'"'"'s Presence status information;

a synchronous interface, synchronously updating the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored locally and the user'"'"'s Presence status information stored in an ICR server;

a service logic module, obtaining the user'"'"'s Presence status information corresponding to the unique number, determining a routing order, determining the corresponding terminal numbers bound with the unique number according to the routing order, and issuing the call to the corresponding terminal numbers.

15. The ICR server of claim 14, further comprising:

a database, storing a unique number allocated to a user, a plurality of user terminal numbers bound with the unique number, the user'"'"'s Presence status information and a routing order corresponding to the user'"'"'s Presence status information.

16. The ICR server of claim 14, wherein the service logic module comprises:

an incoming call access module, receiving a call request for calling a unique number of a user and forward the call to an intelligent route selecting module;

an intelligent route selecting module, querying a database according to the unique number to obtain Presence status information of the called user, determining a routing order, determining corresponding terminal numbers bound with the unique number according to the routing order and notifying a ringing module;

a ringing module, issuing a ringing call to the corresponding terminal numbers.