TELEPHONE CALL AS RENDEZVOUS MECHANISM FOR DATA SHARING BETWEEN USERS
First Claim
1. A communications system, comprising:
- a communications component for establishing a call session between two or more call parties;
a context component for determining contextual information of the call parties based on the call session; and
a sharing component for automatically establishing an independent data sharing session between call party systems based on the contextual information.
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Abstract
A mechanism for transferring files that leverages the user-friendly process of making a phone call. The phone call provides sufficient context to enable the sharing of data. Conversely, selected data that was previously shared can initiate an alternative means of communication (e.g., a phone call, email, etc.). The mechanism separates data into a separate application from voice, and allows users to continue using the familiar telephone while obtaining all of the benefits that multimodal applications (voice and data) provide. By making a phone call, data sharing capability is activated between the call parties. Moreover, sharing can continue after the call ends. The phone call serves as an introduction mechanism for the sharing services, which are available from then on, regardless of when the phone call finishes.
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20 Claims
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1. A communications system, comprising:
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a communications component for establishing a call session between two or more call parties; a context component for determining contextual information of the call parties based on the call session; and a sharing component for automatically establishing an independent data sharing session between call party systems based on the contextual information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method of communicating data, comprising:
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establishing a voice session between two or more parties to a phone call; obtaining identifiers associated with the parties; mapping the identifiers between the parties; and establishing a data sharing session between two or more of the parties for sharing data and which data sharing session is independent of the voice session. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
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computer-implemented means for establishing a voice session between parties to a phone call; computer-implemented means for obtaining identifiers associated with the parties; computer-implemented means for mapping the identifiers between the parties; and computer-implemented means for establishing a data sharing session between the parties for sharing data and which data sharing session is independent of the voice session.
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