METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CALL ESTABLISHMENT

• US 20120263286A1
• Filed: 06/25/2012
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liao, Shuzhao, Li, Yingbin
• Granted Patent: US 8,509,410 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/202.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

The present invention, relating to the field of communications, discloses a method, device and system for call establishment, wherein the method includes: obtaining the pre-configured binding relationship between conference rooms and terminals; setting the correspondences between terminals of a calling conference room and terminals of a called conference room according to said binding relationship; and establishing media communication with the terminals provided with the correspondences. Embodiments of the present invention also provide a call establishment device and a call establishment system. Embodiments of the present invention overcome various limits and defects due to the fact that calls between other corresponding terminals can only be established via a particular terminal in each conference room in the prior art, and enable a code stream to be transmitted in the shortest path, thereby greatly reducing the path delay and improving the video conference system scalability.

Claims

1. A method for call establishment, comprising:

obtaining a pre-configured binding relationship between a plurality of conference rooms and terminals;

setting correspondences between terminals of calling and called conference rooms according to the binding relationship; and

establishing media communications with the terminals having the correspondences.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the pre-configured binding relationship between the plurality of conference rooms and the terminals comprises:

obtaining the pre-configured binding relationship between the conference rooms and the terminals through a register server.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the pre-configured binding relationship between the plurality of conference rooms and the terminals comprises:

obtaining the pre-configured binding relationship between position numbers and IP addresses of the terminals of the conference room; and

setting the correspondences between the terminals of the calling and called conference rooms according to the binding relationship comprises;

setting the correspondences between the IP addresses of the terminals of the calling and called conference rooms according to the position numbers in the binding relationship.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising sending a notification that carries the correspondences to non-calling terminals of the calling conference room, according to the binding relationship;

or sending the notification that carries the correspondences to the non-calling terminals of the calling conference room through the register server, according to the binding relationship;

establishing media communications with the terminals having the correspondences comprising;

establishing a call between each terminal of the calling conference room and a corresponding terminal of the called conference room according to the correspondences, and performing media communication between each terminal and the corresponding terminal.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein establishing media communications with the terminals having the correspondences comprises:

in case the calling terminal requests to call a terminal of other conference room having no correspondence therewith, one of

resolving an IP address of a terminal of the conference room having correspondence with the calling terminal, and returning it to the calling terminal;

or

returning a call response signaling to the calling terminal to establish a call with the calling terminal, and initiating a call to the terminal of the conference room having correspondence with the calling terminal;

or

refusing the call from the calling terminal, and returning a number of the terminal of the conference room having correspondence therewith, so that the calling terminal reinitiates a call according to the number;

or

returning the correspondences between all the terminals of the two conference rooms to the calling terminal, which hangs up the current call, selects a terminal number of the terminal having correspondence therewith and reinitiates a call;

or

during the call process, establishing a call according to the number requested to be called by the calling terminal, and opening logic channel between terminals of the conference rooms having the correspondences;

or

returning the correspondences between all the terminals of the two conference rooms to the calling terminal, which hangs up the current call, selects a terminal number having correspondence therewith and reinitiates a call, and sends a notification that carries the correspondences to non-calling terminals of the calling conference room through the register server, according to the binding relationship.

6. The method according to claim 2, where establishing media communications with the terminals having the correspondences comprises:

establishing a call with a corresponding called terminal according to the correspondences;

according to the correspondences, setting logic sending channels and media sending channels between non-calling terminals of the calling conference room and non-called terminals of the called conference room which have the correspondences in a call link of the established call; and

transmitting the media streams between the calling terminal and the called terminal and those between the non-calling terminals and the non-called terminals having the correspondences, through the logic sending channels and the media sending channels.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein setting the correspondences between the terminals of the calling and called conference rooms according to the binding relationship comprises:

obtaining the correspondences between the terminals of the calling and called conference rooms from the register server configured with the binding relationship between the conference rooms and the terminals.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein establishing media communications with the terminals having the correspondences comprises:

establishing a call between each terminal of the calling conference room and a corresponding terminal of the called conference room according to the binding relationship, and performing media communication between each terminal and the corresponding terminal.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein establishing media communications with the terminals having the correspondences comprises:

establishing a call link between the calling terminal and corresponding called terminal according to the binding relationship, and setting logic sending channels and media sending channels between the terminals having the correspondences in the call link; and

transmitting the media streams between the terminals having the correspondences through the logic sending channels and the media sending channels.

10. A method for call establishment, comprising:

obtaining a pre-configured binding relationship between a plurality of conference rooms and terminals, and setting correspondences between terminals of the conference rooms according to the binding relationship; and

establishing media communications between a Multiple Control Unit (MCU) and the terminals according to the binding relationship and the correspondences.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein establishing media communications between the MCU and the terminals according to the binding relationship and the correspondences comprises:

establishing calls between the MCU and called terminals of respective conference rooms;

establishing calls between the MCU and non-called terminals of respective conference rooms according to the binding relationship, and establishing media communications between the MCU and respective terminals;

according to the correspondences, forwarding the media communications between the terminals having the correspondences and the MCU.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein obtaining the pre-configured binding relationship between the conference rooms and the terminals comprises:

receiving the pre-configured binding relationship between the conference rooms and the terminals from the calling terminal which obtains the binding relationship from a register server;

establishing media communications between the MCU and the terminals according to the binding relationship and the correspondences comprises;

establishing a call with the calling terminal according to a call from the calling terminal to a preset conference number;

establishing calls with non-calling terminals in the conference room where the calling terminal is located according to the binding relationship, and establishing media communications between the MCU and respective terminals; and

forwarding the media communications between the terminals having the correspondences and the MCU according to the correspondences.

13. A device for call establishment, comprising:

a first obtaining module configured to obtain a pre-configured binding relationship between a plurality of conference rooms and terminals;

a first setting module configured to set correspondences between the terminals of calling and called conference rooms according to the binding relationship; and

a first call establishing module configured to establish media communication with a corresponding terminal.

14. The device for call establishment according to claim 13, wherein the first obtaining module is specifically configured to obtain the pre-configured binding relationship between the conference room numbers and the terminal numbers through a register server.

15. The device for call establishment according to claim 14, further comprising:

a notifying module configured to send a notification carrying the correspondences to non-calling terminals of the calling conference room according to the binding relationship, or send a notification carrying the correspondences to the non-calling terminals of the calling conference room via the register server according to the binding relationship.

16. The device for call establishment according to claim 15, further comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive from the calling terminal or the register server, the notification carrying the correspondences between the terminals;

the first call establishing module is configured to establish a call with its corresponding terminal according to the correspondences carried in the notification received by the receiving module, and establish media communication.

17. The device for call establishment according to claim 14, wherein the first call establishing module comprises:

a first call establishing unit configured to establish a call with a corresponding called terminal according to the correspondences or a request from the calling terminal;

a first channel establishing unit configured to set logic sending channels and media sending channels between the terminals having the correspondences in the calling conference room and the terminals having the correspondences in the called conference room in a call link of the established call, according to the correspondences; and

a first communication unit configured to transmit media streams between the terminals having the correspondences, through the logic sending channels and the media sending channels.

18. The device for call establishment according to claim 13, wherein the first obtaining module is configured to obtain a pre-configured binding relationship between position numbers and IP addresses of the terminals in the conference room;

and the first setting module is configured to set the correspondences between the IP addresses of the terminals of the calling and called conference rooms according to the position numbers in the binding relationship.

19. The device for call establishment according to claim 18, wherein the first call establishing module comprises:

a second channel establishing unit configured to establish a call link between the calling terminal and a corresponding called terminal according to the binding relationship, and set logic sending channels and media sending channels between the terminals having the correspondences in the call link; and

a second communication unit configured to transmit media streams between the terminals having the correspondences through the logic sending channels and the media sending channels.