Enhanced alerting system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- obtaining, by an application server of a network, confirmation from a service profile database that a called communications device is subscribed to an alerting service, the obtaining being in response to a request from a calling communications device to participate in a first call session between the calling communications device and the called communications device;
obtaining, by the application server in response to the confirmation, identity information corresponding to the calling communications device from a name database;
generating, by the application server, an announcement based on the identity information corresponding to the calling communications device and a service profile associated with the called device obtained from the service profile database;
establishing, by the application server, a second call session between the application server and the called communications device;
sending the announcement to the called communications device, from the application server, during the second call session; and
sending, by the application server, an invitation for the called communications device to participate in the first call session in response to a reply to the announcement, the reply being received by the application server from the called communications device.
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Abstract
An enhanced alerting system delivers caller identification information to a user of a mobile communications device with the called device announcing in an audio format the name associated with a calling device. The enhanced alerting system may be implemented by an Internet Protocol (IP) based system, e.g., IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). In at least one embodiment of the invention, an application server streams the announcement to the called communications device. In at least one embodiment of the invention, the service is network controlled. In at least one embodiment of the invention, the service is user equipment controlled. In at least one embodiment of the invention, a calling communications device streams the announcement to the called communications device in a request for a call session with the called communications device.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining, by an application server of a network, confirmation from a service profile database that a called communications device is subscribed to an alerting service, the obtaining being in response to a request from a calling communications device to participate in a first call session between the calling communications device and the called communications device; obtaining, by the application server in response to the confirmation, identity information corresponding to the calling communications device from a name database; generating, by the application server, an announcement based on the identity information corresponding to the calling communications device and a service profile associated with the called device obtained from the service profile database; establishing, by the application server, a second call session between the application server and the called communications device; sending the announcement to the called communications device, from the application server, during the second call session; and sending, by the application server, an invitation for the called communications device to participate in the first call session in response to a reply to the announcement, the reply being received by the application server from the called communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communications system comprising:
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a service profile database of an alerting service, the service profile database being configured to store a service profile corresponding to a called communications device; and an alerting facility operable to establish, in response to a request from a calling communications device to participate in a first call session between the calling communications device and a called communications device, a second call session between the alerting facility and the called communications device, the alerting facility being further operable to send to the called communications device, during the second call session, an announcement, the alerting facility being further operable to send an invitation for the called communications device to participate in the first call session in response to the alerting facility receiving a reply to the announcement, the reply being received by the alerting facility from the called communications device, the alerting facility being further operable to generate the announcement based on identity information corresponding to the calling communications device obtained from a name database and the service profile corresponding to the called communications device obtained from the service profile database, in response to confirmation from the service profile database that the called communications device is subscribed to the alerting service. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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a service profile storage means configured to store service profile information for an alerting service; and means for establishing, in response to a request from a calling communications device to participate in a first call session between the calling communications device and a called communications device, a second call session between an application server and the called communications device, the means for establishing being configured to obtain from the service profile storage means confirmation that the called communications device is subscribed to the alerting service, the means for establishing being further configured to send to the called communications device, during the second call session, an announcement generated based on identity information corresponding to the calling communications device obtained from a name database and a service profile associated with the called device obtained from the service profile storage means, and the means for establishing being further configured to send an invitation for the called communications device to participate in the first call session in response to receiving a reply to the announcement from the called communications device. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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