METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO PERSONAL PROFILES IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

• US 20090175426A1
• Filed: 01/07/2008
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Iffland, Frederick, Beyer, Loraine
• Granted Patent: US 8,654,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308

Abstract

Methods of switching personas associated with an asserted identity by determining a selected persona based on at least one of a sequence of digits entered during initiation of a call are provided. The at least one of the sequence of digits indicates a request for a persona associated with an asserted identity. It is indicated that an original persona associated with the asserted identity should be switched to the selected persona associated with the asserted identity if it is determined that the original persona and the selected persona are different. Related systems and computer program products are provided.

Claims

1. A method of switching personas associated with an asserted identity, comprising:

determining a selected persona based on at least one of a sequence of digits entered during initiation of a call, the at least one of the sequence of digits indicating a request for a persona associated with an asserted identity; and

indicating that an original persona associated with the asserted identity should be switched to the selected persona associated with the asserted identity if it is determined that the original persona and the selected persona are different.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

switching the original persona to the selected persona if it is determined that the original and the selected persona are different;

downloading a user profile associated with the selected persona; and

setting features and services for the call in accordance with the downloaded profile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sequence of digits entered during initiation of the call further includes an indication of how long the selected persona should be used.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the indication comprises use the selected persona for the remainder of the present day, use the selected persona for this call only or use the selected persona until further notice.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining further comprises processing an authentication code entered before the sequence of digits.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a user associated with the asserted identity has been authenticated to and registered with an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed using a POTS telephone comprising a non-internet protocol (IP) multimedia Subsystem (IMS), non-session initiation protocol (SIP) telephone.

8. A system for switching personas associated with an asserted identity, comprising:

a persona module configured to;

determine a selected persona based on at least one of a sequence of digits entered during initiation of a call, the at least one of the sequence of digits indicating a request for a persona associated with an asserted identity; and

indicate that an original persona associated with the asserted identity should be switched to the selected persona associated with the asserted identity if it is determined that the original persona and the selected persona are different.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a

a serving call session control function (S-CSCF) configured to switch the original persona to the selected persona if the original and the selected persona are determined to be different, download a user profile associated with the selected persona and set features and services for the call in accordance with the downloaded profile.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the sequence of digits further includes an indication of how long the selected persona should be used.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the indication comprises use the selected persona for the remainder of the present day, use the selected persona for this call only or use the selected persona until further notice.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the persona module is further configured to authenticate the user using an authentication code entered before the sequence of digits.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the sequence of digits is entered using a keypad of a POTS telephone and wherein the POTS telephone comprises a non-internet protocol (IP) multimedia Subsystem (IMS), non-session initiation protocol (SIP) telephone, the system further comprising

a line access gateway (LAG) and/or or a residential gateway (RG) connected to the POTS telephone that is configured to convert voice stream to internet protocol (IP) packets and provide the sequence of digits entered using the POTS telephone keypad in a session initiation protocol (SIP) message.

14. A computer program product for switching personas associated with an asserted identity, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to determine a selected persona based on at least one of a sequence of digits entered during initiation of a call, the at least one of the sequence of digits indicating a request for a persona associated with an asserted identity; and

computer readable program code configured to indicate that an original persona associated with the asserted identity should be switched to the selected persona associated with the asserted identity if it is determined that the original persona and the selected persona are different.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to switch the original persona to the selected persona if it is determined that the original and the selected persona are different;

computer readable program code configured to download a user profile associated with the selected persona; and

computer readable program code configured to set features and services for the call in accordance with the downloaded profile.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the sequence of digits entered during initiation of the call further includes an indication of how long the selected persona should be used.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the indication comprises use the selected persona for the remainder of the present day, use the selected persona for this call only or use the selected persona until further notice.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code configured to determine further comprises computer readable program code configured to authenticate an authentication code before the sequence of digits.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein a user associated with the asserted identity has been authenticated to and registered with an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) service.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the sequence of digits are entered using a keypad of a POTS telephone and wherein the POTS telephone comprises a non-internet protocol (IP) multimedia Subsystem (IMS), non-session initiation protocol (SIP) telephone.