System and method of providing multimedia communication services

• US 7,873,029 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2006
• Issued: 01/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Frew, Steven William, Hoang, Bach Ngoc, Arellano, Javier B., Gorti, Sreenivasa, Chang, Hisao M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz; Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US11/368,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20070206753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,779 Days
• Field of Search: 379/201.01, 379/201.07, 379/201.08, 379/230, 379/221, 379/266.01, 379/88.22, 455/461, 455/456.6, 709/230, 370352-356
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1076 Screening of IP real time communications, e.g. spam over Internet telephony [SPIT]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

A system and method of providing multimedia communication services is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving contextual information including a subscriber identification associated with a wireline communication device at an intelligent service switch (ISS) of an integrated wireline-wireless (IWW) network from a network edge device, where the network edge device has detected a service request at the wireline communication device. The method also includes determining at least one multimedia communication service based on the contextual information and at least one service filter associated with the subscriber identification.

Claims

1. A method of providing multimedia communication services, the method comprising:

receiving contextual information including a subscriber identification associated with a communication device at an intelligent service switch (ISS) of an integrated wireline-wireless (IWW) network from a network edge device, wherein the network edge device has detected a service request at the communication device, wherein the contextual information includes a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the communication device, a type of communication device, or any combination thereof;

determining, at the ISS, at least one multimedia communication service based on the contextual information and based on at least one service filter associated with the subscriber identification, wherein the at least one service filter includes a terminating filter and an origination filter, wherein the origination filter is configured to relate a code to the at least one multimedia communication service, and wherein the contextual information includes the code;

receiving a destination telephone number from the communication device; and

providing a caller-specific ring tone at a destination device associated with the destination telephone number based on the terminating filter, wherein the terminating filter selects the caller-specific ring tone based on a caller associated with the communication device;

wherein the at least one multimedia communication service includes a voice information system that prompts the caller associated with the communication device to submit a voice information service request; and

wherein the voice information system provides audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or any combination thereof, in response to the voice information service request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the code is dialed at the communication device, spoken at the communication device, or any combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the origination filter relates at least a portion of the contextual information to the at least one multimedia communication service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice information system is coupled to a speech audio services platform and the voice information service request includes a spoken request.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the voice information service request includes a request to review contact information of at least one network address book associated with the subscriber identification.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising connecting the communication device with the destination device, wherein the destination device is associated with a contact in the at least one network address book, wherein the voice information system receives a command from the communication device to connect with a telephone number of the contact.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the voice information service request includes a request to review contact information of at least one network call log associated with the subscriber identification.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising connecting the communication device with a device associated with a contact in the at least one network call log, wherein the voice information system receives a command from the communication device to connect with a telephone number of the contact.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the intelligent service switch connects the communication device with the voice information system when no origination filter is associated with the communication device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice information system prompts the caller associated with the communication device to submit the destination telephone number by producing a continuous dial tone, reducing a dial tone, interrupting a dial tone, providing a voice-dial prompt, producing a verbal prompt, or any combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the service request includes an off-hook indication of the communication device.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

routing content of the at least one multimedia communication service to the communication device.

13. A method of providing multimedia communication services, the method comprising:

detecting a service request of a communication device;

determining contextual information related to the service request, wherein the contextual information includes a subscriber identification associated with the communication device, and includes a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the communication device, a type of communication device, or any combination thereof;

transmitting the contextual information to an intelligent service switch, wherein the intelligent service switch determines at least one multimedia communication service based on the contextual information and based on at least one service filter associated with the subscriber identification, wherein the at least one service filter includes a terminating filter and an origination filter, wherein the origination filter is configured to relate a code to the at least one multimedia communication service, wherein the contextual information includes the code, and wherein the at least one multimedia communication service includes a voice information system that prompts a caller associated with the communication device to submit a voice information service request; and

transmitting a destination telephone number to the intelligent service switch, wherein the intelligent service switch provides a caller-specific ring tone at a destination device associated with the destination telephone number based on the terminating filter, wherein the terminating filter selects the caller-specific ring tone based on the caller associated with the communication device;

wherein the voice information system provides audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or any combination thereof, in response to the voice information service request.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising obtaining at least a portion of the contextual information from caller identification information associated with the communication device.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving content of the at least one multimedia communication service via the intelligent service switch; and

transmitting the content to the communication device.

16. A system to provide multimedia communication services, the system comprising:

an intelligent service switch configured to;

receive contextual information related to a communication device from a network edge device of an integrated wireline-wireless (IWW) network, wherein the network edge device includes an interface to detect a service request at the communication device;

wherein the contextual information includes a subscriber identification associated with the communication device and includes a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the communication device, a type of communication device, or any combination thereof;

wherein the intelligent service switch includes at least one service filter associated with the subscriber identification and is configured to;

determine at least one multimedia communication service based on the contextual information and based on the at least one service filter, wherein the at least one service filter includes a terminating filter and an origination filter, wherein the origination filter is configured to relate a code to the at least one multimedia communication service, and wherein the contextual information includes the code;

receive a destination telephone number from the network edge device, wherein the network edge device receives the destination telephone number from the communication device; and

provide a caller-specific ring tone at a destination device associated with the destination telephone number based on the terminating filter, wherein the terminating filter selects the caller-specific ring tone based on a caller associated with the communication device

wherein the at least one multimedia communication service includes a voice information system that prompts the caller associated with the communication device to submit a voice information service request; and

wherein the voice information system provides audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or any combination thereof, in response to the voice information service request.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the intelligent service switch is configured to access at least one service filter table associated with the at least one service filter and wherein the at least one service filter table includes at least one service filter value associated with the subscriber identification.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least one service filter table is stored in an external data store coupled to the intelligent service switch.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the communication device is a plain old telephone service (POTS) telephone that communicates with the intelligent service switch via an adaptor device that receives signals from the POTS telephone and converts the signals to commands suited for communication to the IWW network.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the communication device is a plain old telephone system (POTS) communication device.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the intelligent switch service (ISS) is configured to determine that the POTS communication device is associated with an audio entertainment service, and wherein the intelligent switch service (ISS) is configured to connect the POTS communication device with the audio entertainment service.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one filter further includes a calendar filter, wherein the calendar filter is configured to enable or disable services to be provided to the communication device based on a calendar date of the service request.

23. A system to provide multimedia communication services, the system comprising:

a network edge device of an integrated wireline-wireless (IWW) network, the network edge device configured to;

detect a service request from a communication device coupled to the IWW network;

determine contextual information related to the communication device, wherein the contextual information includes a subscriber identification associated with the communication device and includes a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the communication device, a type of communication device, or any combination thereof;

receive a destination telephone number from the communication device; and

transmit the contextual information and the destination telephone number to an intelligent service switch, the intelligent service switch determining at least one multimedia communication service based on the contextual information and based on at least one service filter associated with the subscriber identification, wherein the at least one service filter includes a terminating filter and an origination filter, wherein the origination filter is configured to relate a code to the at least one multimedia communication service, and wherein the contextual information includes the code;

wherein the intelligent service switch provides a caller-specific ring tone at a destination device associated with the destination telephone number based on the terminating filter, wherein the terminating filter selects the caller-specific ring tone based on a caller associated with the communication device;

wherein the at least one multimedia communication service includes a voice information system that prompts the caller associated with the communication device to submit a voice information service request; and

wherein the voice information system provides audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or any combination thereof, in response to the voice information service request.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the network edge device includes a data store and is configured to retrieve the subscriber identification from the data store.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the network edge device is coupled to an external data store and is configured to retrieve the subscriber identification from the external data store.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:

instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to detect a service request from a communication device coupled to an integrated wireline-wireless (IWW) network;

instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine contextual information related to the communication device, wherein the contextual information includes a subscriber identification associated with the communication device and a type of the communication device, and includes a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the communication device, a type of communication device, or any combination thereof;

instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to receive a destination telephone number from the communication device; and

instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to transmit the contextual information and the destination telephone number to an intelligent service switch, the intelligent service switch determining at least one multimedia communication service based on the contextual information and based on at least one service filter associated with the subscriber identification, wherein the at least one service filter includes a terminating filter and an origination filter, wherein the origination filter is configured to relate a code to the at least one multimedia communication service, and wherein the contextual information includes the code;

wherein the intelligent service switch provides a caller-specific ring tone at a destination device associated with the destination telephone number based on the terminating filter, wherein the terminating filter selects the caller-specific ring tone based on a caller associated with the communication device;

wherein the at least one multimedia communication service includes a voice information system that prompts the caller associated with the communication device to submit a voice information service request; and

wherein the voice information system provides audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or any combination thereof, in response to the voice information service request.

27. The computer program of claim 26, wherein the communication device is a wireline or wireless device.

28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:

instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to communicate with a network edge device of an integrated wireline-wireless (IWW) network to receive contextual information related to a communication device, wherein the network edge device has detected a service request at the communication device;

wherein the contextual information includes a subscriber identification associated with the communication device and a type of the communication device and includes a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the communication device, a type of communication device, or any combination thereof;

instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to communicate with the network edge device to receive a destination telephone number, wherein the network edge device receives the destination telephone number from the communication device;

instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine at least one service filter based on the subscriber identification;

instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine at least one multimedia communication service based on the contextual information and based on the at least one service filter, wherein the at least one service filter includes a terminating filter and an origination filter, wherein the origination filter is configured to relate a code to the at least one multimedia communication service, and wherein the contextual information includes the code; and

instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to provide a caller-specific ring tone at a destination device associated with the destination telephone number based on the terminating filter, wherein the terminating filter selects the caller-specific ring tone based on a caller associated with the communication device;

wherein the at least one multimedia communication service includes a voice information system that prompts the caller associated with the communication device to submit a voice information service request; and

wherein the voice information system provides audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or any combination thereof, in response to the voice information service request.

29. The computer program of claim 28, wherein the at least one service filter includes at least one service filter table, and wherein a plurality of service filter values within the at least one service filter table are selectable by a user at a web interface.

30. The computer program of claim 29, wherein the plurality of service filter values include the subscriber identification, the destination telephone number, a service code, a mid-call service request, a type of communication device, a calendar date, a day of a week, a time of a day, a location of the communication device, or any combination thereof.