TELECOMMUNICATION CALL SUPPORT FOR MOBILE DEVICES WITH PRESENCE FEATURES

• US 20130137421A1
• Filed: 01/25/2013
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm Iskoot Inc (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Guedalia, Isaac David, Guedalia, Jacob
• Granted Patent: US 8,805,356 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/423
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A system and method for achieving or assisting dynamic transfer of call support information across a network including at least a wireless portion coupled to a wireless communication device. The call support information providing the wireless communication device with updated caller identification and status or presence information by way of a service or server provisioned product and method.

Claims

1. A method for managing call failures on a mobile communication device, comprising:

determining that a call between the mobile communication device and a contact over a wireless connection has failed;

receiving, after the call failure determination on the mobile communication device, status information from a server that indicates that at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated; and

prompting, in response to the received status information, a user of the mobile communication device to re-attempt the call between the mobile communication device and the contact.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one triggering condition is associated with an identity parameter of the contact.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one triggering condition is associated with a time at which the call failed.

4. A method for tracking call failures of a mobile communication device on a server, comprising:

monitoring, on the server, call activity of the mobile communication device;

determining, based on the monitoring of the call activity, that a call between the mobile communication device and a contact over a wireless connection has failed;

storing at least one triggering condition indicative of an expected causation for the call failure;

determining that the at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated; and

transmitting status information to the mobile communication device that indicates that the at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the storing further stores identification information of the contact and/or a time at which the call failure occurred.

6. The method of claim 4,

wherein the at least one triggering condition corresponds to the contact transitioning from an online status to an offline status, and

wherein the determination that the at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated corresponds to a detection that the contact has re-established the online status.

7. A mobile communication device configured to manage call failures, comprising:

means for determining that a call between the mobile communication device and a contact over a wireless connection has failed;

means for receiving, after the call failure determination, status information from a server that indicates that at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated; and

means for prompting, in response to the received status information, a user of the mobile communication device to re-attempt the call between the mobile communication device and the contact.

8. A server configured to track call failures of a mobile communication device, comprising:

means for monitoring call activity of the mobile communication device;

means for determining, based on the monitoring of the call activity, that a call between the mobile communication device and a contact over a wireless connection has failed;

means for storing at least one triggering condition indicative of an expected causation for the call failure;

means for determining that the at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated; and

means for transmitting status information to the mobile communication device that indicates that the at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a mobile communication device configured to manage call failures, cause the mobile communication device to perform actions, the instructions comprising:

program code to determine that a call between the mobile communication device and a contact over a wireless connection has failed;

program code to receive, after the call failure determination, status information from a server that indicates that at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated; and

program code to prompt, in response to the received status information, a user of the mobile communication device to re-attempt the call between the mobile communication device and the contact.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a server configured to track call failures of a mobile communication device, cause the server to perform actions, the instructions comprising:

program code to monitor call activity of the mobile communication device;

program code to determine, based on the monitoring of the call activity, that a call between the mobile communication device and a contact over a wireless connection has failed;

program code to store at least one triggering condition indicative of an expected causation for the call failure;

program code to determine that the at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated; and

program code to transmit status information to the mobile communication device that indicates that the at least one triggering condition that caused the call failure has been resolved or eliminated.