Method for controlling process of establishing call

• US 8,442,195 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2005
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Zhengwei
• Primary Examiner(s): ZENATI, AMAL S
• Application Number:
  US11/596,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20080159500A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,910 Days
• Field of Search: 379/211, 379/211.01, 379/201.02, 37921001-21003, 3792071-20715, 455/414.1, 455/415, 455/417, 455/418
• US Class Current: 379/201.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for controlling a process of establishing a call, comprising: setting group codes in a called terminal; sending a calling number and a corresponding group code to the called terminal; the called terminal determining whether the received group code is one of the group codes set in the called terminal, if the received group code is one of the group codes set in the called terminal, allowing a call to be established between the calling terminal corresponding to the calling number and the called terminal, otherwise, refusing the call. According to one aspect of the invention, the called user enables a function of group code call when he does not want to be disturbed by frequent calls. So the called user will not be disturbed by unimportant calls or harassing calls while simultaneously the called user will not miss any important call.

Claims

1. A method for controlling the process of establishing a call, the method comprising:

setting group codes in a called terminal, wherein setting the group codes comprises setting in the called terminal a maximum number of sending incorrect group codes, and setting a blacklist to record all the calling numbers which have sent the incorrect group codes more than the maximum number of times;

receiving, by the called terminal, a calling number and a corresponding group code transmitted by a calling terminal corresponding to the calling number;

determining whether the corresponding calling number of the group code is in the blacklist stored in the called terminal;

if the corresponding calling number of the group code is in the blacklist stored in the called terminal, refusing, by the called terminal, the call from the calling number and terminating the process;

if the corresponding calling number of the group code is not in the blacklist stored in the called terminal, determining, by the called terminal, whether the received group code is one of the group codes set in the called terminal;

if the received group code is one of the group codes set in the called terminal, allowing a call to be established between the calling terminal and the called terminal, otherwise, refusing the call;

before the refusing the call, determining, by the called terminal, whether the calling number and the corresponding number of sending incorrect group codes have been recorded in the called terminal;

if the calling number and the corresponding number of sending incorrect group codes have not been recorded in the called terminal, recording, by the called terminal, the calling number and set the number of incorrect group codes, otherwise incrementing, by the called terminal, the previously recorded number of incorrect group codes and determining whether the number of incorrect group codes after adding exceeds the preset maximum number of incorrect group codes;

if the number of incorrect group codes after adding exceeds the preset maximum number of incorrect group codes, adding, by the called terminal, the calling number to the blacklist, otherwise not adding, by the called terminal, the calling number to the blacklist;

wherein the method further comprises, in the called terminal, setting a level for every group code and a level for every scenario; and

wherein determining, by the called terminal, whether the received group code is one of the group codes set in the called terminal comprises determining, by the called terminal, whether the level of the received group code is higher than the level of the current scenario.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein allowing the call to be established between the calling terminal corresponding to the calling number and the called terminal comprises:

returning, by the called terminal, a callback indicating that the call is allowed.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the callback returned by the called terminal is the callback to the calling number corresponding to the group code;

and

the method further comprises;

automatically initiating, by the calling terminal, a call to the called terminal after receiving the callback from the called terminal.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the callback returned by the called terminal is one of:

a short message, a voice call, or a User-to-User Signaling.

5. The method according to claim 2, before the called terminal returns the callback, further comprising:

requiring its user to confirm whether to send the callback;

if the answer is positive, returning, by the called terminal, the callback;

otherwise, cancelling, by the called terminal, the callback.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of setting group codes in the called terminal further comprises:

setting group code properties indicating whether the callback is to be sent for the group codes stored in the called terminal; and

the method, before sending the callback, further comprises;

acquiring, by the called terminal, the group code property corresponding to the group code, and deciding whether to send the callback according to the acquired group code property.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the refusing the call comprises:

returning, by the called terminal, a callback indicating that the call is refused.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the callback returned by the called terminal further comprises:

the reason for refusing the call.

9. The method according to claim 7, before the called terminal returns the callback, further comprising:

requiring, by the called terminal, its user to confirm whether to send the callback;

if the answer is positive, returning, by the called terminal, the callback;

otherwise cancelling, by the called terminal, the callback.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the callback returned by the called terminal is one of:

a short message, a voice call, or a User-to-User Signaling.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of setting group codes in the called terminal further comprises:

setting group code properties indicating whether the callback is to be sent for the group codes stored in the called terminal; and

the method, before sending the callback, further comprises;

acquiring, by the called terminal, the group code property corresponding to the group code, and deciding whether to send the callback according to the acquired group code property.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of setting group codes in the called terminal further comprises:

setting a pre-call calling number registry in the called terminal; and

allowing, by the called terminal, a call to be established between the calling terminal and the called terminal further comprises;

registering, by the called terminal, the calling number in the pre-call calling number registry.

13. The method according to claim 12, after registering, by the called terminal, the calling number in the pre-call calling number registry, further comprising:

on receiving the incoming call, determining, by the called terminal, whether the calling number of the incoming call is in the pre-call calling number registry;

if the calling number of the incoming call is in the pre-call calling number registry, connecting, by the called terminal, the incoming call to its user;

otherwise the refusing, by the called terminal, the incoming call.

14. The method according to claim 12, after the step of allowing a call to be established between the calling terminal corresponding to the calling number and the called terminal, or after the step of refusing the call, further comprising:

sending a pre-call register cancellation command which at least comprises information of the calling number to the called terminal; and

deleting, by the called terminal, the calling number from the pre-call calling number registry after receiving the pre-call register cancellation command.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the pre-call register cancellation command further comprises the group code, and before the deleting the calling number from the pre-call calling number registry, the method further comprises:

determining, by the called terminal, whether the group code is one of the group codes set in the called terminal, if the group code is one of the group codes set in the called terminal, deleting the calling number, otherwise, refusing to delete of the calling number.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of setting group codes in the called terminal further comprises:

in the called terminal setting scenarios in which the group codes are needed to establish the call, and setting the matching relation between the scenarios and the group codes;

determining, by the called terminal, whether the received group code is one of the group codes set in the called terminal comprises;

determining, by the called terminal, whether the received group code matches the current scenario based on the matching relation set in the called terminal.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the step of setting group codes in the called terminal further comprises:

setting a pre-call calling number registry in the called terminal; and

when the called terminal allows a call to be established between the calling terminal and the called terminal, the method further comprises;

registering, by the called terminal, the calling number and the corresponding group code in the pre-call calling number registry.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

retrieving, by the called terminal, the corresponding group code of the calling number in the pre-call calling number registry on receiving the call; and

determining, by the called terminal, whether the retrieved group code matches the current scenario, if the retrieved group code matches the current scenario, the called terminal connecting the current call, otherwise the called terminal refusing the current call.

19. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

determining whether there is group code that does not match the current scenario in the pre-call calling number registry, if there is group code that does not match the current scenario in the pre-call calling number registry, the called terminal deleting the related information of the group code from the pre-call calling number registry.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the called terminal performs the determination according to the pre-call calling number registry on receiving the call;

the method further comprises;

on receiving the call, determining, by the called terminal, whether the calling number is stored in the pre-call calling number registry;

if the calling number is stored in the pre-call calling number registry, directly connecting, by the called terminal, the current call, otherwise refusing, by the called terminal, the call.

21. The method according to claim 19, further comprising:

on receiving the call, determining, by the called terminal, whether the calling number is stored in the pre-call calling number registry;

if the calling number is stored in the pre-call calling number registry, connecting, by the called terminal, the current call, otherwise refusing, by the called terminal, the call.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein before connecting the current call, further comprising:

acquiring, by the called terminal, the corresponding group code of the calling number and determining whether the group code matches the current scenario;

if the group code matches the current scenario, connecting, by the called terminal, the current call, otherwise refusing, by the called terminal, the call.

23. The method according to claim 16, wherein the step of setting group codes in the called terminal further comprises:

setting a pre-call calling number registry in the called terminal;

when the called terminal allows a call to be established between the calling terminal corresponding to the calling number and the called terminal, the method further comprises;

registering, by the called terminal, the calling number and the valid period during which a call from the calling terminal are allowed to be established.

24. The method according to claim 23, further comprising:

on receiving the call, acquiring, by the called terminal, the corresponding valid period corresponding to the calling number of the call in the pre-call calling number registry; and

determining, by the called terminal, whether it is in the acquired valid period, if it is in the acquired valid period, the called terminal connecting the call, otherwise, the called terminal refusing the current call.

25. The method according to claim 23, further comprising:

determining, by the called terminal, whether it is in the valid period according to the calling number registered in the pre-call calling number registry; and

if it is not in the valid period according to the calling number registered in the pre-call calling number registry, deleting, by the called terminal, the related information of the calling number.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the called terminal performs the determination according to the pre-call calling number registry on receiving the call;

the method further comprises;

on receiving the call, determining, by the called terminal, whether the calling number is stored in the pre-call calling number registry;

if the calling number is stored in the pre-call calling number registry, directly connecting, by the called terminal, the current call, otherwise refusing, by the called terminal, the call.

27. The method according to claim 25, further comprising:

on receiving the call, determining, by the called terminal, whether the calling number is stored in the pre-call calling number registry;

if the calling number is stored in the pre-call calling number registry, connecting, by the called terminal, the current call, otherwise refusing, by the called terminal, the call.

28. The method according to claim 27, wherein before connecting the current call, further comprising:

acquiring, by the called terminal, the corresponding group code of the calling number and determining whether the group code matches the current scenario;

if the group code matches the current scenario, connecting, by the called terminal, the current call, otherwise refusing, by the called terminal, the call.

29. The method according to claim 16, wherein the scenario is a group code calling period and/or an emergency.

30. The method according to claim 29, wherein a group code calling period and an emergency are both set in the called terminal;

determining, by the called terminal, whether the received group code is one of the group codes set in the called terminal comprises;

determining, by the called terminal, whether the received group code matches both the group code calling period and the emergency simultaneously;

if the received group code does not match either the group code calling period or the emergency, determining, by the called terminal, whether the group code matches the current scenario;

if the received group code matches the group code calling period and the emergency, determining, by the called terminal, whether the group code matches the current group code calling period, or determining whether the group code matches the current emergency, or determining whether the group code is one of all the group codes corresponding to any of the current group code calling period or the current emergency, or determining whether the group code matches both the current group code calling period and the current emergency.

31. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

in the called terminal setting a super group code which corresponds to all the scenarios.