Establishing Communications Sessions
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a communications session in a communications system, said communications system comprising a caller terminal, a mobile terminal associated with said caller terminal, a callee terminal associated with a callee and session initiation means, said method comprising:
- (i) identifying said callee using said mobile terminal;
(ii) responsive to identification of said callee, transferring data identifying said callee from said mobile terminal to said session initiation means; and
(iii) n dependence on said transferred data, operating said session initiation means to establish a communications session between said caller terminal and said callee terminal.
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Abstract
A method of establishing a communications session in a communications system is disclosed. The communications system comprises a caller terminal (103), a mobile terminal (101) associated with the caller terminal (103), a callee terminal (115) associated with a callee and session initiation means (111,113). It has become common yet frustrating for users to have to maintain contact lists on a multiplicity of communications devices (e.g. the caller terminal and the mobile terminal). The method comprises: (i) identifying the callee using the mobile telephone (101); (ii) responsive to identification of said callee, transferring data identifying the callee from the mobile terminal (101) to the session initiation means (111,113); and (iii) in dependence on the transferred data, operating the session initiation means (111,113) to establish a communications session between the caller terminal (103) and the callee terminal (115).
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12 Claims
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1. A method of establishing a communications session in a communications system, said communications system comprising a caller terminal, a mobile terminal associated with said caller terminal, a callee terminal associated with a callee and session initiation means, said method comprising:
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(i) identifying said callee using said mobile terminal; (ii) responsive to identification of said callee, transferring data identifying said callee from said mobile terminal to said session initiation means; and (iii) n dependence on said transferred data, operating said session initiation means to establish a communications session between said caller terminal and said callee terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Communication session initiation apparatus for establishing a communications session in a communications system, said communications system comprising a caller terminal, a mobile terminal associated with said caller terminal, and a callee terminal associated with a callee, said apparatus comprising:
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data receiving means arranged in operation to receive from said mobile terminal, data relating to said callee; and session establishment means arranged in operation to establish a communications session between said caller terminal and said callee terminal responsive to and in dependence on said received data.
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