Method and apparatus for implementing the CNAP service

• US 8,571,531 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2008
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mason Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhou, Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah, Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peaches, Randy
• Application Number:
  US12/271,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20090129578A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,810 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/22 Synchronisation circuits
• 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

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for realizing the CNAP service, including: receiving a service request sent by the switching system, where the service request carries the identifier of the calling party and the identifier of the called party; querying the calling information set by the calling party according to the identifier of the calling party, and querying the location information of the called party according to the identifier of the called party; after determining that the called MS already rings, sending a flash message that contains the calling information to the called MS according to the location information of the called party. The present invention also provides a calling information service apparatus accordingly. The invention correlates the judging of the status of the call connection process with the time of implementing the CNAP service. Therefore, the calling information can be sent to the called MS at a proper time, thus helping the called party to identify the calling party correctly.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a calling name presentation (CNAP) service, comprising:

receiving a service request from a switching system, wherein the service request carries an identifier of a calling party and an identifier of a called party;

obtaining calling information set by the calling party according to the identifier of the calling party, and location information of the called party according to the identifier of the called party; and

sending a flash message that carries the calling information to a called terminal according to the location information of the called party when determining that the called terminal rings,

wherein the called terminal rings when a set delay timer times out; and

the service request is sent via at least one of the following;

the service request is sent by a originating office according to service subscription information of the calling party or the called party when the originating office receives a connection response from a terminating office; and

the service request is sent by a terminating office according to service subscription information of the calling party or the called party when the originating office sends a call request to the called terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving a service request from a switching system comprises:

receiving a calling information request sent, according to subscription information of the calling party, by an originating office.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the called terminal rings according to a ringing event of the called party received from the switching system.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

sending a request for reporting the ringing event of the called party to the switching system when the service request from the switching system is received.

5. A non-transitory computer readable media, comprising logic encoded in the computer readable media, the logic when executed operable to implement the method according to the claim 3.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending a call routing request to the switching system when the service request from the switching system is received;

sending a call connection request to a terminating office of the called terminal according to a received call routed from the switching system;

receiving a connection response from the terminating office;

wherein the ringing of the called terminal is determined according to the connection response from the terminating office.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

determining whether to terminate the CNAP service according to set conditions for judging service termination, before sending the flash message that carries the calling information to the called terminal.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein a first service corresponding to the received service request is correlated with the CNAP service, the CNAP service is triggered by the service request of the first service;

wherein the called terminal rings according to the received service request of the first service.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether the calling party has subscribed to the CNAP service before obtaining the calling information.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether to terminate the CNAP service according to set conditions for judging service termination, before sending the flash message that carries the calling information to the called terminal.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

terminating the CNAP service when receiving an on-hook event of the calling party or an answer event of the called party from the switching system.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

sending a request for reporting an on-hook event of the calling party or an answer event of the called party to the switching system when receives the service request from the switching system.

13. A non-transitory computer readable media, comprising logic encoded in the computer readable media, the logic when executed operable to implement the method according to the claim 1.

14. A calling information service apparatus for implementing a calling name presentation (CNAP) service, comprising:

a service processing unit, adapted to receive a service request sent by a switching system, wherein the service request carries an identifier of a calling party and an identifier of a called party, obtain calling information set by the calling party according to the identifier of the calling party, and send a flash message that carries the calling information to a called terminal according to location information of the called party when determining that the called terminal rings; and

a location querying unit, adapted to obtain the location information of the called party according to the identifier of the called party,

wherein the called terminal rings when a set delay timer times out; and

the service processing unit further comprises a processing subunit and a controlling subunit;

the processing subunit is adapted to receive calling information request from a originating office according to subscription information of the calling party, obtain the calling information set by the calling arty according to the identifier of the calling party, and send the flash message that carries the calling information to the called party according to the location information of the called party when receives an instruction from the controlling subunit; and

the controlling subunit is adapted to judge whether the called terminal rings, and instruct the processing subunit to send the flash message when determining that the called terminal rings according to a set delay time.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein

the processing subunit is further adapted to send a request for reporting a ringing event of the called party to the originating office;

and

the controlling subunit is further adapted to instruct the processing subunit to send the flash message when determining that the called terminal rings according to a received ringing event of the called party from the originating office.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processing subunit is further adapted to send a request for reporting an on-hook event of the calling party or an answer event of the called party to the originating office when receives the calling information request from the originating office;

and

the controlling subunit is further adapted to terminate the processing of the calling information service when an on-hook event of the calling party or an answer event of the called party is received from the originating office.

17. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processing subunit is further adapted to send a request for reporting an on-hook event of the calling party or an answer event of the called party to the originating office when receives the calling information request from the originating office;

and

the controlling subunit is further adapted to terminate the processing of the calling information service when an on-hook event of the calling party or an answer event of the called party is received from the originating office.

18. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a connection processing unit, adapted to receive a call routed from a originating office according to a call routing request, send a call connection request to a terminating office of the called terminal according to the received call routed, and receive a connection response from the terminating office;

wherein

the processing subunit is further adapted to send a call routing request to the originating office when receives the calling information request from the originating office; and

the controlling subunit is further adapted to instruct the processing subunit to send the flash message that carries the calling information when determining that the called terminal rings according to a received connection response by the connection processing unit from the terminating office.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the service processing unit is set on a service control point (SCP), and the location querying unit and the connection processing unit are set on an intelligent peripheral (IP).

20. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the processing subunit is further adapted to send a request for reporting an on-hook event of the calling party or an answer event of the called party to the originating office when receives the calling information request from the originating office;

and

the controlling subunit is further adapted to terminate the processing of the calling information service when an on-hook event of the calling party or an answer event of the called party is received from the originating office.

21. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the service processing unit further comprises:

a first service unit, adapted to receive the service request sent by the originating office according to service subscription information of the called party or the called party when the originating office receives a connection response from a terminating office, wherein a first service corresponding to the received service request is correlated with the CNAP service, and the CNAP service is triggered by the service request of the first service; and

a second service unit, adapted to obtain the calling information set by the calling party according to the identifier of the calling party when determining that the calling party has subscribed to the CNAP service according to the identifier of the calling party in the service request obtained by the first service unit, and send the flash message that carries the calling information to the called party according to the location information of the called party found by the location querying unit.

22. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the service processing unit further comprises:

a first service unit, adapted to receive the service request sent by a terminating office according to service subscription information of the calling party or the called party when the terminating office sends a call request to the called terminal, wherein a first service corresponding to the received service request is correlated with the CNAP service, the CNAP service is triggered by the service request of the first service; and

a second service unit, adapted to obtain the calling information set by the calling party according to the identifier of the calling party when determining that the calling party has subscribed to the CNAP service according to the identifier of the calling party in the service request obtained by the first service unit, and send the flash message that carries the calling information to the called party according to the location information of the called party found by the location querying unit.