Communications System for Anonymous Calls

• US 20150181027A1
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GN Store Nord A/S
• Original Assignee: GN Store Nord A/S
• Inventors: Mossner, Peter, Sorensen, Peter Schou
• Granted Patent: US 9,344,558 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0421 Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42008 Systems for anonymous communication between parties, e.g. by use of disposal contact identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/302 Electronic adaptation of stereophonic sound system to listener position or orientation H04S7/301 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/303 Tracking of listener position or orientation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

This invention relates to an audio caller communication system, an audio callee communication system, a shares connection server and method of initiating a call signal between or connecting an audio caller communications system with an audio callee communications system through a communications channel via a shared connection server, the method comprising initiating a call signal or connecting the at least one audio callee communication system with at least one audio caller communication system through the communications channel via the shared connection server as a function of at least one callee position of the audio callee communication system and; and at least one caller position and/or at least one caller orientation of the audio caller communication system. The caller system, the callee system and the shared connection system are configured to perform such method.

Claims

1. An audio caller communication system configured to communicate via a public communications network where each audio caller communications system has at least one call ID for identification and for a connected call with at least one audio callee communication system through a communications channel that can be open or closed, the audio caller communication system comprising;

at least one audio unit configured to sound a voice sound to a user using the audio caller communication system and from the at least one audio callee communication system;

at least one microphone configured to receive the voice sound from the user using the audio caller communication system;

a position unit configured to estimate a current caller position of the audio caller communication system;

an orientation unit configured for estimating a current caller orientation of the audio caller communication system and a caller field of view in the caller orientation of the audio caller communication system;

which audio caller communication system is configured to communicate with a shared connection server about the current caller position, the caller orientation and the call ID of the audio caller communication system, and to

make the at least one call ID available as a caller ID via the shared connection server for a call signal to the at least one audio callee communication system for a connection through the communications channel as a function of at least the current caller position and/or at least the current caller orientation.

2. An audio caller communication system according to claim 1 configured to make the call ID publically available via the shared connection server for a call signal to the at least one audio callee communication system without disclosing the call ID of the audio caller communication system to the at least one audio callee communication system.

3. An audio caller communication system according to claim 1, wherein the current caller position and/or the current caller orientation are linked to the call ID of the audio caller communication system and which caller position and/or caller orientation are made publically available via the shared connection server (30) for a call signal to the at least one audio callee communication system.

4. An audio caller communications system according to claim 1 further configured for establishing a communication group of one or more audio callee communications system via the shared connection server.

5. An audio caller communications system according to claim 1 further configured for transferring data via data communication channel when a connection is made with an audio callee communications system.

21. A method of transferring data between an audio caller communications system and an audio callee communications system according to claim 1, wherein the method comprising transferring data between a caller and a callee via data communication channel when a connection is made between an audio caller communication system and an audio callee communication system.

6. An audio callee communication system configured to communicate via a public communications network where the audio callee communications system has at least one call ID for identification and for a connected call with at least one audio caller communication system through a communications channel that can be open or closed, the audio callee communication system comprising;

at least one audio unit configured to sound a voice sound to a user using the audio callee communication system and from the at least one audio caller communication system;

at least one microphone configured to receive the voice sound from the user using the audio callee communication system;

a position unit configured to estimate a current callee position of the audio callee communication system;

which audio callee communication system is configured to communicate with a shared connection server about the current position and the call ID of the audio callee communication system, and to

make the at least one call ID available as a callee ID via the shared connection server for a call signal from the at least one audio caller communication system for a connection through the communications channel as a function of at least the current callee position.

7. An audio callee communication system according to claim 6, configured to make the call ID publically available via the shared connection server for a call signal by at least one audio caller communication system without disclosing the call ID of the audio callee communication system to the at least one audio caller communication system.

8. An audio callee communication system according to claim 7, wherein the current callee position is linked to the call ID of the audio callee communication system, which callee position is made publically available via the shared connection server for a call signal from at least one audio caller communication system.

9. An audio callee communication system according to claim 6 configured as an audio caller communication system.

11. A shared connection server configured to communicate with

at least an audio caller communications system according to claim 6 about at least one call ID as a caller ID and at least the current caller position and/or the caller orientation;

at least an audio callee communications system about at least one call ID as a callee ID and at least the current callee position; and

which shared connection server is configured to connect at least one audio callee communication system with at least one audio caller communication system through a communications channel as a function of

at least one callee position and;

at least one caller position and/or at least one caller orientation.

12. A shared connection server according to claim 11, wherein the caller ID of the at least one audio caller communication system and the callee ID of the at least one audio callee communication system are made publically available via the shared connection server for connecting at least one audio caller communication system with at least one callee communication system without disclosing;

the callee ID to the at least one audio caller communication system and/or;

the caller ID to the at least one audio callee communication system.

13. A shared connection server according to claim 11, wherein

the at least one caller position and the at least one caller orientation of the audio caller communication system and/or

the at least one callee position of the audio callee communication system

are made publically available via the shared connection server for connecting at least one audio caller communication system with at least one callee communication system.

10. (canceled)

14. A method of initiating a call signal between or connecting an audio caller communications system with an audio callee communications system through a communications channel via a shared connection server, the method comprising;

initiating a call signal or connecting the at least one audio callee communication system with at least one audio caller communication system through the communications channel via the shared connection server as a function of

at least one callee position of the audio callee communication system and;

at least one caller position and/or at least one caller orientation of the audio caller communication system.

15. A method of initiating a call signal between or connecting an audio caller communications system with an audio callee communications system according to claim 14, the method comprising activating a call signal or establishing a connection via the shared connection server to the at least audio callee communication system when the current callee position of the audio callee communication system is within a caller field of view of the audio caller communication system.

16. A method of initiating a call signal or connecting an audio caller communications system with an audio callee communications system according to claim 14, the method comprising activating a call signal or establishing a connection via the shared connection server to the at least audio callee communication system when the audio caller communication system is approaching the audio callee communications system.

17. A method of initiating a call signal or connecting an audio caller communications system with an audio callee communications system according to claim 14, the method comprising activating a call signal or establishing a connection via the shared connection server to the at least audio callee communication system when the current callee position of the at least one audio callee communication system is a first encounter along a line of sight (14) in the direction of the caller orientation.

18. A method of initiating a call signal or connecting an audio caller communications system with an audio callee communications system according to claim 14, the method comprising activating a call signal or establishing a connection via the shared connection server to the at least audio callee communication system when the current callee position of the at least one audio callee communication system is within an area of view at a certain distance in the direction of the caller orientation.

19. A method of initiating a call signal or connecting an audio caller communications system with an audio callee communications system according to claim 14, the method comprising activating a call signal or establishing a connection via the shared connection server to the at least audio callee communication system when the current callee position of the at least one audio callee communication system is crossed by a sweep of a line of sight in the direction of the caller orientation.

20. A method of initiating a call signal or connecting an audio caller communications system with an audio callee communications system according to claim 14, the method comprising activating a call signal or establishing a connection via the shared connection server to the at least audio callee communication system when a current callee position of the at least one audio callee communication system is tracked for a period of time by the audio caller communications system.