Method and apparatus of presenting ticker information

• US 6,742,042 B1
• Filed: 06/28/2000
• Issued: 05/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Genband US LLC (Ribbon Communications, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Nortel Networks Corporation)
• Inventors: Simons, Julie R., Holden, Mark J., Orton, Scott L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Geckil, Mehmet B.
• Application Number:
  US09/605,274
• Time in Patent Office: 1,427 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/230, 709/231, 379/1
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A communication system includes a packet-based data network that is coupled to various network elements. The network elements include user systems and a service provider system. Each of the user systems may send requests to the service provider system to receive selected categories of information. In response, the service provider system (or alternatively another information provider) transmits the requested information to each subscribing user system, which then presents the information as a ticker. Messaging used for communicating the ticker information may be based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), including Subscribe and Notify messages or Info messages.

Claims

1. A method of communicating information over a packet-based network, comprising:

requesting selected information to be received from an information provider system;

receiving the selected information over the packet-based network using messaging according to a protocol providing for real-time interactive communications sessions; and

displaying the selected information as a ticker on a user device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing one or more selection criteria to identify the selected information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein providing the one or more selection criteria includes include identifying plural information provider systems from which information is to be received.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected information includes at least an identifier of a source, the method further comprising starting an interactive communications session between the user device and the source based on the identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the selected information is performed using a Session Initiation Protocal Info message.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising launching an application to display the ticker.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a Session Initiation Protocol call session,

wherein receiving the selected information comprises receiving the selected information in messaging communicated during the call session.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein requesting the selected information is performed using a Session Initiation Protocol Info message.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the selected information comprises receiving the selected information in a Session Initiation Protocol Info message.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an address of another party in the received selected information; and

establishing a call session with the another party using the address.

11. A method of communicating information over a packet-based network, comprising:

requesting selected information to be received from an information provider system;

receiving the selected information over the packet-based network;

displaying the selected information as a ticker on a user device,

wherein the requesting and displaying are performed by the user device;

receiving, at the user device, a request for second selected information; and

sending, from the user device, the second selected information for presenting on another device as a ticker.

12. A method of communicating information over a packet-based network, comprising:

requesting selected information to be received from an information provider system;

receiving the selected information over the packet-based network; and

displaying the selected information as a ticker on a user device,

wherein requesting the selected information is performed using messaging consistent with a Session Initiation Protocol.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein requesting the selected information is performed using a Subscribe message.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving the selected information is performed using a Notify message.

15. A system capable of communicating over a packet-based network, comprising:

one or more storage units containing a list including at least one user device; and

a controller adapted to communicate selected information in at least one of first messaging and second messaging for presentation as a ticker to each of the at least one user device,

the first messaging defined by a protocol providing for real-time interactive communications sessions, and the second messaging defined by an extension of the protocol providing for real-time interactive communications sessions.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the list contains information identifying at least a category of information of interest to the user device.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising an interface to receive a request for ticker information from a second user device, wherein the controller adds the second user device to the list.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the request includes a Subscribe message.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the request includes a Session Initiation Protocol Invite request.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the request includes a Session Initiation Protocol Info message.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the second messaging includes a Session Initiation Protocol Notify message.

22. The system of claim 15, wherein the first messaging includes a Session Initiation Protocol Info message.

23. The system of claim 15 wherein the controller is adapted to establish a Session Initiation Protocol call session with the at least one user device,

wherein the controller is adapted to communicate the selected information during the Session Initiation Protocol call session.

24. The system of claim 15 wherein the controller is adapted to receive a request from the at least one user device for the selected information, the request comprising at least one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Subscribe message, a SIP Invite message, and a SIP Info message.

25. A system capable of communicating over a packet-based network, comprising:

one or more storage units containing a list including at least one user device; and

a controller adapted to communicate selected information in messaging consistent with a protocol providing for real-time interactive communications sessions for presentation as a ticker to each of the at least one user device,

wherein the messaging includes Session Initiation Protocol messaging.

26. An article including one or more machine-readable storage media containing instructions for presenting information, the instructions when executed causing a system to:

receive predetermined information selected by a user over a network, the predetermined information received in messaging according to a protocol providing for real-time interactive communications sessions; and

present the predetermined information as a ticker on a user interface of the system.

27. The article of claim 26, wherein the instructions when executed cause the system to further send a request to an information provider for the predetermined information.

28. The article of claim 26 wherein the protocol includes a Session Initiation Protocol.

29. The article of claim 26 wherein receiving the predetermined information comprises receiving the predetermined information in at least one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Notify message and a SIP Info message.

30. The article of claim 26, wherein the instructions when executed cause the system to establish a Session Initiation Protocol call session with an information service provider,

wherein receiving the predetermined information is performed during the Session Initiation Protocol call session.

31. A data signal embodied in a carrier wave and including instructions that when executed cause a system to:

receive predetermined information selected by a user over a network, the predetermined information received in Session Initiation Protocol messaging; and

present the predetermined information as a ticker on a display of the system.

32. The data signal of claim 31, wherein the instructions when executed cause the system to present the ticker as a scrolling ticker on the display.

33. The data signal of claim 31, wherein the instructions when executed cause the system to present the ticker continuously on the display.

34. The data signal of claim 31, wherein the instructions when executed cause the system to receive further information to update the predetermined information and to present the updated information on the display.