Display caller ID on IPTV screen

• US 7,499,704 B1
• Filed: 10/21/2005
• Issued: 03/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cingular Wireless II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cingular Wireless II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bonner, Thomas W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; CongVan
• Application Number:
  US11/256,130
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/566, 455/158.4, 455/158.5, 455/445, 455/435.1, 379/142.04, 379/142.06, 379/142.08, 379/142.16
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• 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: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A system that automatically delivers telephony network services from a dual mode service technology platform to an external entity. The system includes a sensing component that detects the presence of a mobile handset registered on a cellular network, and registers the mobile handset with a wireless access network. Further, a provisioning component identifies calls to subscribers that are provisioned for the requested telephony network service. Once the calls are identified, the provisioning component extracts the requested data from the incoming calls and routes the data to an external entity for display.

Claims

1. A system that automatically delivers a telephony network service from a dual mode service technology platform to an external entity, comprising the following computer-executable components:

a sensing component that is operatively coupled to the external entity and detects presence of a mobile handset registered on a cellular network and registers the mobile handset with a wireless access network;

a provisioning component that identifies calls to subscribers that are provisioned for the telephony network service and extracts requested data corresponding to the telephony network service from a call set-up message and routes the requested data to the external entity by way of a Session Initiation Protocol (“

SIP”

) Message; and

a SIP Application Server (“

AS”

) service functional component that accepts the SIP MESSAGES from the provisioning component and delivers the SIP MESSAGES to the external entity for display, wherein the external entity comprises a SIP messaging client that subscribes to the telephony network service, the SIP AS service functional component accepts subscription requests from the SIP messaging client and notifies the provisioning component that the requested data should be extracted from all calls for a specific mobile subscriber identity.

2. The system of claim 1, the SIP messaging client receives SIP MESSAGES from the SIP AS service functional component and decodes the requested data in the SIP MESSAGES to be displayed on the external entity.

3. The system of claim 1, the provisioning component is a Generic Access Network Controller (GANC).

4. The system of claim 1, the provisioning component is an IP Multimedia Subsystem (“

IMS”

) Telephony Application Server (TAS).

5. The system of claim 1, the external entity is any internet-capable device.

6. The system of claim 5, the external entity is an Internet Protocol Television (“

IPTV”

).

7. The system of claim 1, the sensing component is coupled to a set-top box that communicates with the external entity and mobile handset.

8. The system of claim 1, the sensing component is coupled to a proxy that communicates with the external entity and mobile handset.

9. The system of claim 1, the mobile handset is a dual mode handset.

10. The system of claim 9, the sensing component registers the dual mode handset with the wireless access network by way of WiFi.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the detection of the dual mode handset registered on the wireless access network is an event trigger mechanism for delivering the telephony network service from the dual mode handset to the external entity.

12. The system of claim 9, the wireless access network is one or more of an IP-based network, an IMS network, a Bluetooth network, and IEEE 802.11a/b/g network.

13. The system of claim 9, the cellular network is a Global System for Mobile Communications (“

GSM”

) network.

14. The system of claim 1, the telephony network service is one or more of a caller line identification service, a call forwarding service, a text messaging service, an email service and an instant messaging service.

15. The system of claim 14, the telephony network service is a caller line identification service (“

CLI”

).

16. The system of claim 15, the SIP AS service functional component is a CLI to IPTV Application Server (“

C2I AS”

), the C2I AS notifies the provisioning component that CLI should be extracted from all Mobile Terminated (“

MT”

) calls for a specific mobile subscriber identity.

17. The system of claim 16, the external entity comprises an IPTV C2I Client that registers the external entity with the C2I AS, the IPTV C2I Client receives, stores and displays SIP MESSAGES from the C2I AS.

18. The system of claim 1, the sensing component initiated based at least in part upon proximity of the mobile handset to the external entity.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a data storage component that maintains a list of the requested data associated with the mobile handset, the requested data may be queried by the external entity.

20. The system of claim 18, the mobile handset registers with the cellular network once the mobile handset moves into a macro network and cannot be detected by the sensing component of the external entity.

21. The system of claim 20, the requested data is displayed on the mobile handset.

22. A methodology for automatically delivering a telephony network service from a dual mode service technology platform to an external entity, comprising the following computer-executable acts:

sensing the presence of a dual mode handset registered on a cellular network;

registering the dual mode handset with a wireless access network;

determining calls to subscribers that are provisioned for the telephony network service, wherein a Session Initiation Protocol (“

SIP”

) Application Server (“

AS”

) service functional component that accepts subscription requests from a SIP messaging client notifies that the requested data should be extracted from all calls for a specific mobile subscriber identity; and

extracting and routing requested data corresponding to the telephony network service from a call set-up message to the external entity by way of a SIP Message; and

accepting the SIP MESSAGES from the provisioning component at an SIP Application Server (“

AS”

) service functional component and delivering the SIP MESSAGES to the external entity, wherein the external entity comprises a SIP messaging client that subscribes to the telephony network service.

23. The methodology of claim 22, further comprising, accepting a subscription request and applying the subscription request to all calls for a specific mobile subscriber identity prior to undertaking the extracting and routing of the requested data.

24. The methodology of claim 22, further comprising accepting and delivering the SIP MESSAGES to the external entity for display.

25. The methodology of claim 24, further comprising decoding and displaying the requested data in the SIP MESSAGES on the external entity.

26. The methodology of claim 22, further comprising maintaining a list of the requested data associated with the dual mode handset at a data storage component of the external entity.

27. The methodology of claim 26, further comprising registering the dual mode handset with the cellular network once the dual mode handset moves into a macro network and cannot be detected by the sensing component of the external entity.

28. The methodology of claim 27, further comprising displaying the requested data on the dual mode handset.

29. The methodology of claim 22, registering the dual mode handset with a wireless access network by way of WiFi.

30. A system that automatically delivers a telephony network service from a dual mode service technology platform to an external entity, comprising:

means for detecting the presence of a mobile handset registered on a cellular network;

means for registering the mobile handset with a wireless access network;

means for identifying calls to subscribers that are provisioned for the telephony network service, wherein a Session Initiation Protocol (“

SIP”

) Application Server (“

AS”

) service functional component that accepts subscription requests from a SIP messaging client notifies the means for identifying, that the requested data should be extracted from all calls for a specific mobile subscriber identity;

means for extracting requested data corresponding to the telephony network service from a call set-up message;

means for routing the requested data to the external entity for display by way of a SIP Message; and

means for accepting the SIP MESSAGES from the provisioning component at an SIP Application Server (“

AS”

) service functional component and delivering the SIP MESSAGES to the external entity, wherein the external entity comprises a SIP messaging client that subscribes to the telephony network service.

31. The system of claim 30, further comprising:

means for accepting and delivering the SIP MESSAGE to the external entity for display.