Call party profile presentation service in a multimedia-capable network

• US 6,744,868 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2001
• Issued: 06/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Mani, Babu V.
• Primary Examiner(s): TIEU, BENNY QUOC
• Application Number:
  US09/871,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20020181683A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 379/201.01, 379/201.02, 379/201.04, 379/201.05, 379/196, 379/199, 379/201.11, 379/201.12, 379/210.02, 379/210.03, 379/142.05, 379/142.06
• US Class Current: 379/201.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1106 Call signalling protocols; H.323 and related
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/12 intelligent networks
• 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: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking

Abstract

A call party profile presentation system and method for use in a multimedia-capable network for delivering a party'"'"'s presentation profile to a subscriber at call setup or during the call in order to uniquely identify the party. A multimedia session engine is operable to launch a call treatment application for the subscriber with respect to a call between a call party and the subscriber. Logic associated with the call treatment application determines an appropriate portion of the call party'"'"'s presentation profile to be provided to the subscriber based on subscriber selection, call party presentation restrictions, or both. A multimedia interface operable with the subscriber'"'"'s terminal is actuated for delivering an indicium associated with the selected portion of the call party'"'"'s presentation profile to the subscriber.

Claims

1. A call party profile presentation method for use in a multimedia-capable network, comprising the steps:

with respect to a call between a call party and a subscriber, invoking a multimedia session engine to launch a call treatment application for said subscriber;

determining by said call treatment application at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile to be provided to said subscriber; and

actuating at least a portion of a multimedia interface operable with said subscriber'"'"'s terminal for delivering an indicium associated with said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile to said subscriber, wherein said indicium is operable to identify said call party.

2. The call party profile presentation method for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 1, wherein said indicium is selected from the group consisting of a name, a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a graphic image, a nickname, an age group, and gender, each of which being associated with said call party.

3. The call party profile presentation method for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 2, wherein said call party comprises one of a calling party and a called party.

4. The call party profile presentation method for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 3, wherein said indicium is delivered to said subscriber during one of a call setup and a call session.

5. The call party profile presentation method for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 4, further comprising the steps:

determining if said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile is restricted; and

if so, providing an indication to said subscriber that said indicium associated with said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile is unavailable for delivery.

6. The call party profile presentation method for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 4, further comprising the steps:

upon delivering said indicium associated with said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile to said subscriber, effectuating a profile request by said call party to obtain at least a portion of said subscriber'"'"'s presentation profile; and

responsive to said effectuating step, actuating at least a portion of a multimedia interface operable with said call party'"'"'s terminal for delivering an indicium associated with said at least a portion of said subscriber'"'"'s presentation profile to said call party.

7. The call party profile presentation method for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 6, wherein said indicium associated with said at least a portion of said subscriber'"'"'s presentation profile is selected from the group consisting of a name, a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a graphic image, a nickname, an age group, and gender, each of which being identified with said subscriber.

8. A call party profile presentation system for use in a multimedia-capable network, comprising:

means for invoking a multimedia session engine to launch a call treatment application for a subscriber with respect to a call between a call party and said subscriber;

database means operable to store presentation profiles for said call party and said subscriber;

service logic means associated with said call treatment application for determining at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile to be provided to said subscriber by interacting with said database means; and

means for actuating at least a portion of a multimedia interface operable with said subscriber'"'"'s terminal for delivering an indicium associated with said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile to said subscriber, wherein said indicium is operable to identify said call party.

9. The call party profile presentation system for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 8, wherein said indicium is selected from the group consisting of a name, a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a graphic image, a nickname, an age group, and gender, each of which being associated with said call party.

10. The call party profile presentation system for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 9, wherein said call party comprises one of a calling party and a called party.

11. The call party profile presentation system for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 10, wherein said indicium is operable to be delivered to said subscriber during one of a call setup and a call session.

12. The call party profile presentation system for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 11, further comprising:

means for determining if said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile is restricted; and

means for providing an indication to said subscriber that said indicium associated with said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile is unavailable for delivery.

13. The call party profile presentation system for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 11, further comprising:

means for effectuating a profile request by said call party to obtain at least a portion of said subscriber'"'"'s presentation profile; and

means for actuating at least a portion of a multimedia interface operable with said call party'"'"'s terminal for delivering an indicium associated with said at least a portion of said subscriber'"'"'s presentation profile to said call party.

14. The call party profile presentation system for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 13, wherein said indicium associated with said at least a portion of said subscriber'"'"'s presentation profile is selected from the group consisting of a name, a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a graphic image, a nickname, an age group, and gender, each of which being identified with said subscriber.

15. The call party profile presentation system for use in a multimedia-capable network as set forth in claim 11, wherein said presentation profiles are subscriber-maintainable.

16. A computer-accessible medium operable with a network element disposed in a multimedia-capable next-generation network, said computer-accessible medium carrying a sequence of instructions which, when executed by at least one processing entity associated with said multimedia-capable next-generation network, cause the following steps to be performed:

with respect to a call between a call party and a subscriber, invoking a multimedia session engine to launch a call treatment application for said subscriber;

determining by said call treatment application at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile to be provided to said subscriber; and

actuating at least a portion of a multimedia interface operable with said subscriber'"'"'s terminal for delivering an indicium associated with said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile to said subscriber, wherein said indicium is operable to identify said call party.

17. The computer-accessible medium operable with a network element disposed in a multimedia-capable next-generation network as set forth in claim 16, wherein said indicium is selected from the group consisting of a name, a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a graphic image, a nickname, an age group, and gender, each of which being associated with said call party.

18. The computer-accessible medium operable with a network element disposed in a multimedia-capable next-generation network as set forth in claim 17, wherein said call party comprises one of a calling party and a called party.

19. The computer-accessible medium operable with a network element disposed in a multimedia-capable next-generation network as set forth in claim 18, wherein said indicium is operable to be delivered to said subscriber during one of a call setup and a call session.

20. The computer-accessible medium operable with a network element disposed in a multimedia-capable next-generation network as set forth in claim 19 including an additional sequence of instructions for performing the following steps:

determining if said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile is restricted; and

if so, providing an indication to said subscriber that said indicium associated with said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile is unavailable for delivery.

21. The computer-accessible medium operable with a network element disposed in a multimedia-capable next-generation network as set forth in claim 19 including an additional sequence of instructions for performing the following steps:

upon delivering said indicium associated with said at least a portion of said call party'"'"'s presentation profile to said subscriber, effectuating a profile request by said call party to obtain at least a portion of said subscriber'"'"'s presentation profile; and

responsive to said effectuating step, actuating at least a portion of a multimedia interface operable with said call party'"'"'s terminal for delivering an indicium associated with said at least a portion of said subscriber'"'"'s presentation profile to said call party.

22. The computer-accessible medium operable with a network element disposed in a multimedia-capable next-generation network as set forth in claim 21, wherein said indicium associated with said at least a portion of said subscriber'"'"'s presentation profile is selected from the group consisting of a name, a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a graphic image, a nickname, an age group, and gender, each of which being identified with said subscriber.