System and method for indicating call priority

• US 8,494,147 B1
• Filed: 08/23/2012
• Issued: 07/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Shusterman, Alex, Gupta, Ajay, Celentano, Frank A
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Joseph J
• Application Number:
  US13/592,609
• Time in Patent Office: 334 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.19, 379/88.21, 379/88.22, 379/88.25, 379/93.32, 379/354, 379/355.02, 379/355.05, 379/355.07, 379/142.05, 379/142.06, 379/201.01, 379/201.04, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 45540401-40403, 455/566, 455/415, 455/466, 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 379/221.14
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2038 Call context notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier

Abstract

System and method for providing a telecommunication transmission from an originating device to a terminating device over a telecommunications network. In one embodiment a bit code may be received from the telecommunication network, such that the bit code is extracted from the telecommunication transmission from the originating device. A directory number associated with the originating source may be received and a predefined message may be determined based at least on the directory number and bit code. The predefined message may be displayed on the terminating device.

Claims

1. A method for providing a telecommunication transmission associated with a request for a voice communication session from an originating device to a terminating device over a telecommunications network comprising:

receiving a bit code over the telecommunication network, wherein the bit code is extracted from the telecommunication transmission associated with the request for the voice communication session, the bit code indicating a priority level of the telecommunication transmission;

receiving a directory number associated with the originating device of the telecommunication transmission and the request for the voice communication session;

determining a predefined message from a plurality of predefined messages defined for a caller group corresponding to the directory number based at least on said directory number and said bit code, the predefined message comprising a priority indicator for the telecommunication transmission associated with the request for the voice communication session, wherein said bit code is extracted by a network switch associated with said terminating device; and

displaying said predefined message on the terminating device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the bit code corresponds to one of the plurality of predefined messages.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said bit code is embedded in spare bits of said telecommunication transmission.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said predefined message is a user defined message indicating a degree of urgency for said telecommunication transmission.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said determining further comprises accessing one or more of a lookup table, a data structure and an array for said predefined message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said predefined messages are defined by one or more of a user of an originating device, a user of said terminating device and the caller group.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said telecommunication transmission is one of a Wireless Priority Service (WPS) transmission and a Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) transmission, and wherein said bit code is in accordance with one of a WPS and a GETS transmission priority level.

8. A system for providing a telecommunication transmission associated with a request for a voice communication session from an originating device to a terminating device over a telecommunications network comprising:

an originating device configured to receive a short code from a user and to initiate said telecommunication transmission and said request for the voice communication session associated with the telecommunication transmission;

a first network circuit configured to receive said short code and the telecommunication transmission, and to embed a bit code into the telecommunication transmission associated with the request for the voice communication session that corresponds to the short code, the bit code indicating a priority level of the telecommunication transmission; and

a terminating device configured to;

receive a directory number associated with the originating device;

receive the bit code;

determine a predefined message from a plurality of predefined messages defined for a caller group corresponding to the directory number based at least on said bit code and said directory number, the predefined message comprising a priority indicator for the telecommunication transmission associated with the request for the voice communication session;

provide a notification of said telecommunication transmission, wherein a second network circuit associated with said terminating device configured to receive said telecommunication transmission and to extract said bit code from said telecommunication transmission; and

display said predefined message.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said first network circuit is configured to embed said bit code in spare bits of said telecommunication transmission.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said predefined message is a user defined message indicating a degree of urgency for said telecommunication transmission.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said determining further comprises accessing one or more of a lookup table, a data structure and an array for said predefined message.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein said predefined message is defined by one or more of a user of an originating device, a user of said terminating device and the caller group.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein said originating device is further configured to receive said bit code from one or more of a keypad sequence, a three-way switch, a rotary switch and a client application.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said client application is one or more of a soft key and pull down menu.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein said telecommunication transmission is one of a Wireless Priority Service (WPS) transmission and a Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) transmission, and wherein said bit code is in accordance with one of a WPS and a GETS transmission priority levels.