SIGNALLING METHOD TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE REASON FOR THE CALL

• US 20080170678A1
• Filed: 01/10/2008
• Published: 07/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Vergnol, Arnaud, DAVOUST, Pascal
• Application Number:
  US11/972,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20080170678A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/201.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72

Abstract

Method of signalling a call from a sending equipment (2, 4) on receiving equipment (3, 4), this method comprising the following operations:

create a request to set up communication from the sending equipment (2, 4) addressed to the receiving equipment (3, 4);

include a subject message dealing with the reason for the call, within the request;

transmit the request to set up a communication containing the subject message, to the receiving equipment (3, 4);

the receiving equipment (3, 4) receives the request to set up a communication;

the receiving equipment (3, 4) accepts the subject message (3, 4).

Claims

1. Method of signalling a call from a sending equipment (2) on receiving equipment (3), this method comprising the following operations:

create a request to set up communication from the sending equipment (2) addressed to the receiving equipment (3);

include a subject message dealing with the reason for the call, within the request;

transmit the request to set up a communication containing the subject message, to the receiving equipment (3);

the receiving equipment (3) receives the request to set up a communication;

the receiving equipment (3) reproduces the subject message;

and being characterised in that it also consists of adding (150) at least one proposed answer into said request, before sending it to the receiving equipment (3).

2. Signalling method according to claim 1, characterised in that it consists of determining at least one proposed answer in an intermediate server (4) based on information available to it in real time, so that it can add (150) at least one proposed answer to said request before transmitting it to the receiving equipment (3).

3. Signalling method according to claim 2, in which the subject message is reproduced by the receiving equipment (3) by displaying it on a graphic interface (7).

4. Signalling method according to claim 2, in which the subject message is reproduced by the receiving equipment (3) by playing it on a sound interface (7).

5. Signalling method according to claim 4, in which an operation is performed to convert the subject message into a message that can be played on the sound interface of the receiving equipment (3), before the request to set up a communication is sent to the receiving equipment (3).

6. Signalling method according to claim 1, which includes the following additional operations:

the receiving equipment (3, 4) edits (190) an answer message to the subject message, this answer message being selected from at least one proposed message added to said request;

the receiving equipment (3) transmits (200) the response message to the sending equipment (2).

7. Signalling method according to claim 6, in which the answer message is chosen from a set of predetermined messages stored in memory.

8. Signalling method according to claim 1, in which the request from the sending equipment (2) is a SIP request.

9. Telecommunication server, characterised in that it comprises means of implementing the method according claim 1.