Method and system for implementing service triggered by off-hook

• US 8,149,824 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2007
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: INVT SPE LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LIN, Hongda, YANG, Tianyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Jagannathan, Melanie
• Application Number:
  US11/668,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20070201658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,890 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/356
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/401 wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32728 an off-hook condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]

Abstract

A method for implementing a service triggered by off-hook includes: sending information of a service triggered by off-hook which is subscribed by a user to a service implementing server; carrying out an operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook when the user is off-hook. The embodiments of the present invention also provide a system for implementing a service triggered by off-hook. In accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, the service implementing server may carry out the operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to a subscription type of the user to implement the service triggered by off-hook.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a service triggered by off-hook, the method comprising:

sending, by an Application Server (AS), a SUBSCRIBE message of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling to a service implementing server, wherein the SUBSCRIBE message carries information of a service triggered by off-hook, which is subscribed to by a user on the AS, to a service implementing server; and

carrying out, by the service implementing server, an operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook when the user is off-hook, wherein said carrying out the operation of the service triggered by off-hook comprises;

determining, by the service implementing server, that the user who has subscribed to the service triggered by off-hook is an MG user or an SIP user, according to user configuration data stored by the service implementing server, including user type information after receiving the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling;

if the user is a Media Gateway (MG) user, recording, by the service implementing server, the information of the service triggered by off-hook carried in the SUBSCRIBER message in its own internal data; and

if the user is an SIP user, transparently transmitting, by the service implementing server, the information of the service triggered by off-hook carried in the SUBSCRIBER message to an SIP terminal, so that the SIP terminal records the information of the service triggered by off-hook.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling to the service implementing server comprises:

configuring a string for carrying information related to a service triggered by off-hook in the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling; and

carrying the information of the service triggered by off-hook in the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling with the string configured and sending the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling to the service implementing server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said configuring the string in the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling comprises:

adding the string to an Event of the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises dial tone subscription information;

the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS comprises the MG user;

said carrying out the operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises;

recording the dial tone subscription information in an internal data table;

querying the internal data table to acquire the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook after receiving an off-hook event reported by an MG; and

delivering the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to the MG; and

playing the dial tone subscription information for the user being off-hook.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said delivering the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to the MG comprises:

converting the format of the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to a format that may be processed by the MG, and delivering the dial tone subscription information converted to the MG.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises dial tone subscription information;

the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS comprises the SIP user; and

said carrying out the operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises;

transparently transmitting the dial tone subscription information to an SIP terminal;

recording the dial tone subscription information; and

playing the dial tone subscription information to the user after the user is off-hook.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises automatic dialing subscription information;

the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS comprises the MG user; and

said carrying out the operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises;

recording the automatic dialing subscription information in an internal data table;

querying the internal data table to acquire the automatic dialing subscription information of the user being off-hook after receiving an off-hook event reported by the MG; and

initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the service implementing server further starts a timer when receiving the off-hook event reported by the MG;

and

the method further comprises;

before initiating the call to the destination address,

determining whether the user dials a number before the timer times out;

if the user dials a number, initiating the call to a destination address indicated by the number; and

if the user does not dial a number, initiating the call to the destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information when the timer times out.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises automatic dialing subscription information;

the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS comprises the SIP user; and

said carrying out the operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises;

transparently transmitting the automatic dialing subscription information to an SIP terminal;

recording the automatic dialing subscription information; and

initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information after the user is off-hook.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the SIP terminal further starts a timer when the user is off-hook;

and

the method further comprises;

before initiating the call to the destination address,

determining whether the user dials a number before the timer times out;

if the user dials a number, initiating the call to a destination address indicated by the number; and

if the user does not dial a number, initiating the call to the destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information when the timer times out.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises dial tone subscription information and automatic dialing subscription information;

the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS comprises the MG user; and

said carrying out the operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises;

recording the dial tone subscription information and the automatic dialing subscription information in an internal data table;

querying the internal data table to acquire the dial tone subscription information and the automatic dialing subscription information of the user being off-hook after receiving an off-hook event reported by the MG;

determining whether a timeout parameter contained in the automatic dialing subscription information is greater than 0;

if the timeout parameter is greater than 0, delivering the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to the MG, and the MG playing the dial tone subscription information for the user being off-hook; and

if the timeout parameter is not greater than 0, initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said delivering the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to the MG comprises:

converting the format of the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to a format that may be processed by the MG, and delivering the dial tone subscription information converted to the MG.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the service implementing server further starts a timer when receiving the off-hook event reported by the MG if the timeout parameter contained in the automatic dialing subscription information is greater than 0;

and

the method further comprises;

after the MG plays the dial tone subscription information for the user being off-hook,

stopping performing the dial tone subscription service, and initiating the call to the destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information when the timer times out.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the service implementing server further starts a timer when receiving the off-hook event reported by the MG if the timeout parameter contained in the automatic dialing subscription information is greater than 0;

and

the method further comprises;

after the MG plays the dial tone subscription information for the user being off-hook,

determining whether the user dials a number before the timer times out;

if the user dials a number, stopping performing the dial tone subscription service, and initiating the call to the destination address indicated by the number; and

if the user does not dial a number, stopping performing the dial tone subscription service, and initiating the call to the destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information when the timer times out.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises dial tone subscription information and automatic dialing subscription information;

the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS comprises the SIP user; and

said carrying out the operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook comprises;

transparently transmitting the dial tone subscription information and the automatic dialing subscription information to an SIP terminal;

recording the dial tone subscription information and the automatic dialing subscription information; and

determining whether the timeout parameter contained in the automatic dialing subscription information is greater than 0 after the user is off-hook;

if the timeout parameter is greater than 0, playing the dial tone subscription information for the user being off-hook; and

if the timeout parameter is not greater than 0, initiating the call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the SIP terminal further starts a timer when the user is off-hook if the timeout parameter contained in the automatic dialing subscription information is greater than 0;

and

the method further comprises;

after playing the dial tone subscription information for the user being off-hook,

stopping performing the dial tone subscription service when the timer times out, and initiating the call to the destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the SIP terminal further starts a timer when the user is off-hook if the timeout parameter contained in the automatic dialing subscription information is greater than 0;

and

the method further comprises;

after playing the dial tone subscription information for the user being off-hook,

determining whether the user dials a number before the timer times out;

if the user dials a number, stopping performing the dial tone subscription service, and initiating the call to the destination address indicated by the number; and

if the user does not dial a number, stopping performing the dial tone subscription service when the timer times out, and initiating the call to the destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

18. A system for implementing a service triggered by off-hook, comprising:

an Application Server (AS), adapted to send a SUBSCRIBE message of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling to a service implementing server, wherein the SUBSCRIBE message carries information of a service triggered by off-hook which is subscribed by a user on the AS; and

a service implementing server, adapted to receive the information of the service triggered by off-hook and carrying out an operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook when the user is off-hook;

wherein the service implementing server is further adapted to determine that the user who has subscribed to the service triggered by off-hook is an MG user or an SIP user, according to user configuration data stored by the service implementing server, including user type information after receiving the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling;

to record the information of the service triggered by off-hook carried in the SUBSCRIBER message in its own internal data if the user is a Media Gateway (MG) user; and

to transparently transmit the information of the service triggered by off-hook carried in the SUBSCRIBER message to an SIP terminal if the user is an SIP user, so that the SIP terminal records the information of the service triggered by off-hook.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the AS comprises:

means for configuring a string for carrying information related to the service triggered by off-hook in the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling;

means for carrying the information of the service triggered by off-hook to the string configured in the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling; and

means for sending the SUBSCRIBE message of the SIP signaling to the service implementing server.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the service implementing server comprises a Soft Switch (SS) in a Next Generation Network (NGN) and an Access Gateway Control Function (AGCF) in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the information of the server triggered by off-hook comprises dial tone subscription information;

and

if the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS is the MG user;

the server implementing server comprises;

means for querying an internal data table for recording the dial tone subscription information to acquire the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook; and

means for sending the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to the MG, which plays the s tone subscription information to the user being off-hook.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the service implementing server further comprises:

means for converting the format of the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to a format that may be processed by the MG, and delivering the dial tone subscription information to the MG.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the information of the server triggered by off-hook comprises dial tone subscription information;

and

if the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS is the SIP user, the system further comprises;

an SIP terminal, for recording the dial tone subscription information, and for playing the dial tone subscription information recorded for the user being off-hook; and

the server implementing server comprises;

means for transparently transmitting the dial tone subscription information to the SIP terminal.

24. The system of claim 18, wherein the information of the server triggered by off-hook comprises automatic dialing subscription information;

and

if the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS is the MG user, the server implementing server comprises;

means for querying an internal data table for recording the automatic dialing subscription information to acquire the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook and initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the server implementing server further comprises:

a timer, for setting a timeout parameter, wherein

means for querying an internal data table is further used for determining whether the user dials a number before the timer times out; and

initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the number, or initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

26. The system of claim 18, wherein the information of the server triggered by off-hook comprises automatic dialing subscription information;

if the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS is the SIP user, the system further comprises;

an SIP terminal, configured for initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information; and

the server implementing server comprises;

means for transparently transmitting the automatic dialing subscription information to the SIP terminal.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the SIP terminal further comprises:

a timer, for setting a timeout parameter; and

means for determining whether the user dials a number before the timer times out and for initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the number, or initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

28. The system of claim 18, wherein the information of the server triggered by off-hook comprises dial tone subscription information and automatic dialing subscription information;

if the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS is the MG user, the server implementing server comprises;

means for querying an internal data table for recording the dial tone subscription information and the automatic dialing subscription information to acquire the dial tone subscription information and automatic dialing subscription information of the user being off-hook, determining whether a timeout parameter in the automatic dialing subscription information is greater than 0, and delivering the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to an MG or initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the server implementing server further comprises:

means for converting the format of the dial tone subscription information of the user being off-hook to a format that may be processed by the MG, and delivering the dial tone subscription information converted to the MG.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the server implementing server further comprises:

a timer, for setting a timeout parameter; and

the server implementing server comprises;

the means for querying an internal data table is further used for determining whether the user dials a number before the timer times out; and

initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the number, or initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information.

31. The system of claim 18, wherein the information of the server triggered by off-hook comprises dial tone subscription information and automatic dialing subscription information;

and

if the user subscribing to the service triggered by off-hook on the AS is the SIP user, the system further comprises;

an SIP terminal, recording the dial tone subscription information and the automatic dialing subscription information, determining whether a timeout parameter in the automatic dialing subscription information is greater than 0, and playing the dial tone subscription information recorded for the user being off-hook or initiating a call to a destination address indicated by the automatic dialing subscription information; and

the server implementing server comprises;

means for transparently transmitting the dial tone subscription information and the automatic dialing subscription information to the SIP terminal.