Context Enriched Communication System and Method
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising a communication network for interconnecting a plurality of users and a communication server (103;
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203;
303) for establishing a communication session between at least a first user (101;
201;
301) and a second user (102;
202;
302) of said plurality of users,CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said communication system further comprises;
a. a context vault (104;
204;
304) for maintaining context information and/or context locators in relation to one or more of said plurality of users; and
b. a community context manager (105;
205;
305) for maintaining access rights in relation to said context information; and
further in that;
c. said communication server (103;
203;
303) is adapted to retrieve context information in relation to said first user (101;
201;
301) from said context vault (104;
304) and provide said context information or parts thereof during said communication session to said second user (102;
202;
302) in accordance with said access rights, and vice versa.
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Abstract
A communication system according to the current invention contains a context vault (104) and context community manager (105) for enriching a communication session between a first user (101) and second user (102) with context information. The context vault (104) maintains context information, e.g. location or agenda information, and/or context information locators in relation to users. The community context manager (105) maintains access rights in relation to the context information. During the communication session between the first user (101) and a second user (102), the communication server (103) retrieves context information in relation to the first user (101) from the context vault (104) and provides that context information or parts thereof to the second user (102) in accordance with the access rights kept in the community context manager (105), and vice versa.
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14 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising a communication network for interconnecting a plurality of users and a communication server (103;
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203;
303) for establishing a communication session between at least a first user (101;
201;
301) and a second user (102;
202;
302) of said plurality of users,CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said communication system further comprises; a. a context vault (104;
204;
304) for maintaining context information and/or context locators in relation to one or more of said plurality of users; andb. a community context manager (105;
205;
305) for maintaining access rights in relation to said context information; and
further in that;c. said communication server (103;
203;
303) is adapted to retrieve context information in relation to said first user (101;
201;
301) from said context vault (104;
304) and provide said context information or parts thereof during said communication session to said second user (102;
202;
302) in accordance with said access rights, and vice versa. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A communication method in a communication network having a plurality of users, said communication method comprising establishing a communication session between at least a first user (101;
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201;
301) and a second user (102;
202;
302) through a communication server (103;
203;
303),CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said communication method further comprises; a. retrieving context information related to said first user (101;
201;
301) through a context vault (104;
204;
304) that maintains context information and/or context information locators related to one or more of said plurality of users; andb. retrieving access rights to said context information related to said first user (101;
201;
301) from a context community manager (105;
305) that maintains access rights in relation to said context information related to one or more of said plurality of users; andc. providing said context information related to said first user (101;
201;
301) or parts thereof during said communication session to said second user (102;
202;
302) in accordance with said access rights;and vice versa.
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