Systems and methods for presenting multimedia objects in conjunction with voice calls from a circuit-switched network

• US 8,611,334 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2008
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aylus Networks Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Aylus Networks Incorporated
• Inventors: Naqvi, Shamim A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Prez-Gutirrez, Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOBILE, DANIEL A
• Application Number:
  US12/050,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20080259887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,100 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/351
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1095 Inter-network session transfer or sharing
• 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: H04M 7/123 where the packet-switched network is an Internet Protocol Multimedia System-type network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1235 where one of the core networks is a wireless network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/00 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices

Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods for presenting a multimedia object to a handset in conjunction with voice call from a circuit switched (CS) network. The voice call is delivered over the CS network and the multimedia object is delivered over a packet-switched (PS) network. The multimedia object can be rendered as a voice call alert, during the voice call, or after the voice call. The multimedia object can be an advertisement object and can be provided by a third party. The systems and methods described are applicable to IMS and non-IMS networks.

Claims

1. A method for a Serving Node (SN) to facilitate a first user endpoint (UE) using combinational services involving a packet switched (PS) network, for sending a multimedia object to a second UE immediately before the start of a voice call on a circuit switched (CS) network between the first UE and the second UE, the method comprising:

receiving a first message from the first UE to initiate a voice call to a second UE on the CS network;

receiving a multimedia object from personal agent (PA) logic stored in memory in the first UE;

based on service logic stored in memory in the SN, computing a time interval to delay the voice call in order to allow the multimedia object to be delivered to the second UE and rendered by the second UE prior to the start of the voice call;

delivering the multimedia object to the second UE through the PS network; and

allowing the voice call to proceed on the CS network after the computed time interval has expired,

wherein the SN provides a connection between the first UE and only one of the CS network and PS network at any given time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia object is selected from the group consisting of a multimedia object from the first UE, an object from an external third-party server, a re-ordering and re-prioritizing a previously stored object stored at the SN, or user profile data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein Personal Agent (P A) logic stored in memory in the second UE coordinates rendering of the received multimedia object with a voice call alert.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia object sent to the SN by the first UE was initially stored in the first UE.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia object comprises a multimedia object sent to the SN by an external third-party server, is stored on the third-party server and chosen in response to information received from the SN, or business rules internal to the third-party server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the SN pre-loads a plurality of objects into the second UE, or causes a plurality of objects to be pre-loaded into the second UE from an external third-party server.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a second message from the SN to the second UE causes the selection of the multimedia object from the pre-loaded list of objects stored on the second UE, or causes the pre-loaded list of objects to be re-ordered and re-prioritized.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein Personal Agent (P A) logic stored in memory in the second UE coordinates the rendering of the selected object with an incoming call alert.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia object comprises an advertisement, a video clip, or an image.

10. A Serving Node (SN) in a network for facilitating a first user endpoint (UE) using combinational services involving a packet switched (PS) network to send a multimedia object to a second UE immediately before the start of a voice call on a circuit switched (CS) network between the first UE and the second UE, the SN comprising:

logic stored in memory configured to;

receive a first message from the first UE to initiate a voice call to a second UE on the CS network;

receive a multimedia object from personal agent (PA) logic stored in memory in the first UE;

based on service logic stored in memory in the SN, compute a time interval to delay the voice call in order to allow the multimedia object to be delivered to the second UE and rendered by the second UE prior to the start of the voice call;

deliver the multimedia object to the second UE through the PS network; and

allow the voice call to proceed on the CS network after the computed time interval has expired,

wherein the SN provides a connection between the first UE and only one of the CS network and PS network at any given time.

11. The SN of claim 10, wherein the multimedia object is selected from the group consisting of a multimedia object from the first UE, an object from an external third-party server, a re-ordering and re-prioritizing previously stored object stored at the SN, or user profile data.

12. The SN of claim 10, wherein Personal Agent (P A) logic stored in memory in the second UE coordinates rendering of the received multimedia object with a voice call alert.

13. The SN of claim 10, wherein the multimedia object sent to the SN by the first UE was initially stored in the first UE.

14. The SN of claim 10, wherein the multimedia object comprises a multimedia object sent to the SN by an external third-party server, is stored on the third-party server and chosen in response to information received from the SN, or business rules internal to the third-party server.

15. The SN of claim 10, wherein the SN pre-loads a plurality of objects into the second UE, or causes a plurality of objects to be pre-loaded into the second UE from an external third-party server.

16. The SN of claim 15, wherein a second message from the SN to the second UE causes the selection of the multimedia object from the pre-loaded list of objects stored on the second UE, or causes the pre-loaded list of objects to be re-ordered and reprioritized.

17. The SN of claim 16, wherein Personal Agent (P A) logic stored in memory in the second UE coordinates the rendering of the selected object with an incoming call alert.

18. The SN of claim 10, wherein the multimedia object comprises an advertisement, a video clip, or an image.

19. A method for first user endpoint (UE) using combinational services involving a packet switched (PS) network, to send a multimedia object to a second UE immediately before the start of a voice call on a CS network between the first UE and the second UE, the method comprising:

transmitting a first message to a serving node (SN) to initiate a voice call on a CS network with the second UE;

transmitting a multimedia object to the SN;

receiving a computed time interval from the SN to delay the voice call in order to allow the multimedia object to be delivered to the second UE and rendered by the second UE prior to the start of the voice call;

delivering the multimedia object to the second UE through the PS network; and

starting the voice call to proceed with the second UE after the computed time interval has expired;

wherein the first UE has a connection with only one of the CS or PS network at any given time.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the multimedia object is selected from the group consisting of a multimedia object stored on the first UE, an object from an external third-party server, a re-ordering and re-prioritizing previously stored object stored at the SN, or user profile data.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein Personal Agent (P A) logic stored in memory in the second UE coordinates rendering of the received multimedia object with a voice call alert.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the multimedia object sent to the SN by the first UE was initially stored in the first UE.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the multimedia object comprises a multimedia object send to the first UE by an external third-party server, is stored on the third-party server and chosen in response to information received from the SN, or business rules internal to the third-party server.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein Personal Agent (PA) logic stored in memory in the second UE coordinates the rendering of the selected object with an incoming call alert.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein the multimedia object comprises an advertisement, a video clip, or an image.

26. A method of delaying the start of a voice call between a first user endpoint (UE) and a second UE to deliver a multimedia object to the second UE prior to the start of the voice call on the second UE, the method comprising:

providing a serving node (SN) with connections to both a circuit switched (CS) network and a packet switched (PS)-network;

the SN receiving a first message from the first UE to initiate a voice call to a second UE;

the SN receiving a multimedia object from personal agent (P A) logic stored in memory in the first UE;

based on service logic stored in memory in the SN, the SN computing a time interval to delay the voice call in order to allow the multimedia object to be delivered to the second UE and rendered by the second UE prior to the start of the voice call;

the SN initiating a packet session in the PS network;

the SN delivering the multimedia object to the second UE through the packet session on the PS network; and

the SN allowing the voice call to proceed on the PS network after the computed time interval has expired,

wherein the SN provides a connection between the first UE and only one of the CS network and PS network at any given time.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the SN receives a first message from the first UE to initiate a voice call to a second UE on the CS network.

28. The method of claim 26, further comprising the SN migrating the voice call from the CS network to the packet session in the PS network.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein the multimedia object is selected from the group consisting of a multimedia object from the first UE, an object from an external third-party server, a re-ordering and re-prioritizing a previously stored object stored at the SN, or user profile data.