Device, Method and Computer Program Product Readable Medium for Establishing a Communication Session

• US 20070254637A1
• Filed: 05/01/2006
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Vortman, Pnina, Plant, Laurence
• Application Number:
  US11/381,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20070254637A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2044 Group features, e.g. closed user group
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42374 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server

Abstract

A method for establishing a communication session, the method includes: receiving a request to establish a communication session with a certain user out of a group of users that are allowed to share a group of communication devices and responding to the request in response to presence information associated with the certain user. A system adapted to establish a communication session, the system includes: an interface adapted to receive a request to establish a communication session with a certain user out of a group of users that are allowed to share a group of communication devices; and a controller adapted to respond to the request in response to presence information associated with the certain user.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a communication session, the method comprising:

receiving a request to establish a communication session with a certain user out of a group of users that are allowed to share a group of communication devices; and

responding to the request in response to presence information associated with the certain user.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the responding comprises selecting a communication device out of the group of communication devices in response to the presence information associated with the certain user.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising sending to a communication device configuration information associated with a user that belongs to the group of users.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the responding comprises requesting the certain user to authenticate before establishing the communication session with the user.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the receiving is preceded by displaying presence information associated with the certain user to a requester that generates the request.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the receiving is preceded by displaying presence information associated with the certain user and with a requester that generates the request.

7. The method according to claim 1 further comprising billing the certain user.

8. The method according to claim 1 further comprising concealing selected communication device information from a requester that requested to establish the communication session.

9. The method according to claim 1 further comprising sending presence information to at least one potential requester.

10. A method for establishing a communication session, the method comprises:

receiving, at a communication device out of a group of communication devices that are adapted to be used by a group of users, a notification that a system approved a request to establish a communication session with a certain user, wherein the approval is responsive to presence information associated with the certain user;

receiving a response from the certain user; and

providing the response to the system.

11. The method according to claim 11 further comprising configuring the communication device according to configuration information associated with the certain user.

12. The method according to claim 11 further comprising receiving the configuration information from the system.

13. The method according to claim 11 further comprising receiving authentication information from the certain user.

14. A system adapted to establish a communication session, the system comprises:

an interface adapted to receive a request to establish a communication session with a certain user out of a group of users that are allowed to share a group of communication devices; and

a controller adapted to respond to the request in response to presence information associated with the certain user.

20. The system according to claim 14 wherein the presence information comprises user profile information.

15. The system according to claim 15 wherein the controller is adapted to select a communication device out of the group of communication devices in response to the presence information associated with the certain user.

16. The system according to claim 16 further adapted to send to the selected configuration information associated with the certain user.

17. The system according to claim 16 wherein the system is adapted to request the certain user to authenticate before establishing the communication session with the user.

18. The system according to claim 16 wherein is adapted to send presence information associated with the certain user to a requester that generates the request.

19. The system according to claim 16 further adapted to bill the certain user.