TERMINAL AND CALL PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100053301A1
• Filed: 05/11/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Hye Mi, Ryu, Jae Hun
• Granted Patent: US 8,886,260 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.20
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

A terminal and a call providing method may be provided in which a calling terminal transmits both a video call and a voice call to a called terminal. A controller may generate a message for transmitting both a video call and a voice call to a selected contact information and a wireless communication unit may transmit the message generated by the controller to a called terminal that matches the selected contact information.

Claims

1. A terminal comprising:

a user input unit to select contact information;

a controller to generate a message regarding both a video call and a voice call based on the selected contact information; and

a wireless communication unit to transmit the message generated by the controller to another terminal that corresponds to the selected contact information.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller sets a first field of the message to a parameter value for a video call connection, and the controller sets a second field of the message to a parameter value for a voice call connection.

3. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the message comprises a call connection setting message, and wherein the first field corresponds to a first bearer capability of the call connection setting message, and the second field corresponds to a second bearer capability of the call connection setting message.

4. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller includes an identifier in the call connection setting message, the identifier to indicate a presence of the first field and the second field.

5. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller provides a priority for a call connection to either the first field or the second field based on a user-preferred call connection that is previously set in the selected contact information.

6. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller checks a video call connection count for the selected contact information and a voice call connection count for the selected contact information for a preset period of time, and wherein the controller provides a priority to the field having a higher connection count.

7. A method of providing a call in a terminal, the method comprising:

selecting at least one contact information;

generating a message regarding both a video call and a voice call based on the selected contact information; and

transmitting the generated message to another terminal that corresponds to the selected contact information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein generating the message comprises:

setting a first field of the message to a parameter value for a video call connection; and

setting a second field of the message to a parameter value for a voice call connection.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the message comprises a call connection setting message, wherein the first field corresponds to a first bearer capability of the call connection setting message, and wherein the second field corresponds to a second bearer capability of the call connection setting message.

10. A terminal comprising:

a wireless communication module to receive a message from a calling terminal, the message including information regarding a video call and a voice call from the calling terminal;

a display to display information regarding a video call reception and a voice call reception;

a user input unit to select one of the video call reception and the voice call reception based on the displayed information; and

a controller to provide a call operation based on the selected video call reception or the selected voice call reception.

11. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller recognizes that the video call and the voice call are received when a first field of the received message includes a parameter value for a video call connection and a second field of the received message includes a parameter value for a voice call connection.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the message comprises a call connection setting message, wherein the first field corresponds to a first bearer capability of the call connection setting message, and wherein the second field corresponds to a second bearer capability of the call connection setting message.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller to recognize presence of the first field and the second field in the received message when the controller recognizes an identifier in the received message.

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller to distinctively display reception of the call corresponding to the field having a priority set thereto on the display when a priority for a call connection is set in either the first field or the second field.

15. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

a motion detecting sensor to detect motion of the terminal,

wherein the controller to provide the video call when a first motion is detected by the motion detecting sensor, and

the controller to provide the voice call when a second motion is detected by the motion detecting sensor.

16. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

a brightness detecting sensor to detect a light brightness around the terminal,

wherein the controller to provide the voice call when the brightness detected by the brightness detecting sensor is equal to or less than a reference, and

the controller to provide the voice call when the brightness detected by the brightness detecting sensor is greater than the reference.

17. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

a distance detecting sensor to detect a distance between a user and the terminal,

wherein the controller to provide the voice call when the distance detected by the distance detecting sensor is equal to or less than a reference, and

the controller to provide the voice call when the distance detected by the distance detecting sensor is greater than the reference.

18. The terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

a heat detecting sensor to detect a temperature of a user,

wherein the controller to provide the voice call when the temperature detected by the heat detecting sensor is substantially equal to a reference value, and

the controller to provide the voice call when the temperature detected by the heat detecting sensor is not equal to the reference value.

19. A method of providing a call in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a message from a calling terminal, the received message including information regarding a video call and a voice call;

displaying information to indicate a video call reception and a voice call reception;

selecting one of a video call connection and a voice call connection based on the displayed information; and

performing an operation for a call connection based on the selected video call connection or the selected voice call connection.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the controller recognizes that the information regarding the video call and the voice call are received when a first field of the received message includes a parameter value for the video call connection and a second field of the received message includes a parameter value for the voice call connection.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the message comprises a call connection setting message, wherein the first field corresponds to a first bearer capability of the call connection setting message, and wherein the second field corresponds to a second bearer capability of the call connection setting message.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the controller to recognize presence of the first field and the second field in the received message when the controller recognizes an identifier in the received message.

23. The method of claim 20, further comprising displaying reception of the call corresponding to the field having a priority set thereto when a priority for a call connection is set in either the first field or the second field.

24. The method of claim 19, further comprising providing the video call connection when a first motion is detected by a motion detecting sensor, and providing the voice call connection when a second motion is detected by the motion detecting sensor.

25. The method of claim 19, further comprising providing the voice call connection when a brightness detected by a brightness detecting sensor is equal to or less than a reference value, and providing the voice call connection when the brightness detected by the brightness detecting sensor is greater than the reference value.

26. The method of claim 19, further comprising providing the voice call connection when a distance detected by a distance detecting sensor is equal to or less than a reference value, and providing the voice call connection when the distance detected by the distance detecting sensor is greater than the reference value.

27. The method of claim 19, further comprising providing the voice call connection when a heat detected by a heat detecting sensor is substantially equal to a reference value, and providing the voice call connection when the heat detected by the heat detecting sensor is not equal to the reference value.