System and method of providing multimedia communication services

• US 8,634,410 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2010
• Issued: 01/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chang, Hisao M., Arellano, Javier B., Frew, Steven William, Gorti, Sreenivasa, Hoang, Bach Ngoc
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Joseph J
• Application Number:
  US12/962,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20110075657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,141 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/201, 370/254, 370/389, 370/312, 370/329, 379/211.02, 379/142.01, 379/188, 455/461, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1076 Screening of IP real time communications, e.g. spam over Internet telephony [SPIT]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

In a particular embodiment, a method of providing multimedia communication services includes receiving, at an intelligent service switch (ISS) of an integrated wireline-wireless (IWW) network, a service request from a wireline communication device. The method includes receiving contextual information associated with the service request, the contextual information including a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the wireline communication device, a type of the wireline communication device, or a combination thereof. At least one multimedia communication service is provided to the wireline communication device. The at least one multimedia communication service includes audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or a combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method of providing multimedia communication services, the method comprising:

receiving, at an intelligent service switch of an integrated wireline-wireless network, a service request from a wireline communication device, wherein the intelligent service switch includes a service filter;

receiving, at the intelligent service switch, contextual information associated with the service request, wherein the contextual information includes a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the wireline communication device, a type of the wireline communication device, or a combination thereof;

filtering the contextual information based on the service filter to determine a multimedia communication service, wherein the service filter includes a service filter table that relates the contextual information to a plurality of multimedia communication services, wherein the service filter table includes a first set of entries that relate the contextual information to a first set of services of the plurality of multimedia communication services, and wherein the multimedia service is determined based on the first set of services; and

providing the multimedia communication service to the wireline communication device based on the contextual information, wherein the multimedia communication service is provided to the wireline communication device via the intelligent service switch in response to the service request, wherein the multimedia communication service comprises audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or a combination thereof.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling the wireline communication device to a voice information system configured to prompt the wireline communication device to submit a voice information service request, wherein the multimedia communication service is provided to the wireline communication device by the voice information system, wherein the voice information system is coupled to a speech audio services platform, and wherein the voice information service request is a spoken request.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the intelligent service switch connects the wireline communication device with the voice information system when no origination filter is associated with the wireline communication device, and wherein the origination filter relates the contextual information to the multimedia communication service provided via the intelligent service switch.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling the wireline communication device to a voice information system configured to prompt the wireline communication device to submit a voice information service request, wherein the voice information service request includes a request to review contact information of a network address book associated with a subscriber identification corresponding to the wireline communication device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising connecting the wireline communication device with a destination communication device associated with a contact in the network address book, wherein the voice information system receives a command from the wireline communication device to connect with a telephone number of the contact.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the voice information service request includes a request to review contact information of a network call log associated with the subscriber identification.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising connecting the wireline communication device with a communication device associated with a contact in the network call log, wherein the voice information system receives a command from the wireline communication device to connect with a telephone number of the contact.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a destination telephone number from the wireline communication device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the service filter table includes a second set of entries that relate the contextual information associated with the wireline communication device to a second set of services of the plurality of multimedia communication services, wherein the second set of services correspond to services to be provided to a destination device associated with the destination telephone number via the intelligent service switch, and wherein the second set of services includes providing a caller-specific ring tone to the destination device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second set of services includes a call-screen service associated with the destination telephone number, and wherein the method further comprises connecting the wireline communication device to the call-screen service associated with the destination telephone number.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the intelligent service switch is coupled to a network edge device of the integrated wireline-wireless network.

12. A system to provide multimedia communication services, the system comprising:

an intelligent service switch of an integrated wireline-wireless network, wherein the intelligent service switch includes a service filter, and wherein the intelligent service switch is configured to;

receive a service request from a wireline communication device;

receive contextual information associated with the service request, wherein the contextual information includes a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the wireline communication device, a type of the wireline communication device, or a combination thereof;

filter the contextual information based on the service filter to determine a multimedia communication service, wherein the service filter includes a service filter table that relates the contextual information to a plurality of multimedia communication services, wherein the service filter table includes a first set of entries that relate the contextual information to a first set of services of the plurality of multimedia communication services, and wherein the multimedia service is determined based on the first set of services; and

provide the multimedia communication service to the wireline communication device based on the contextual information, wherein the multimedia communication service is provided to the wireline communication device via the intelligent service switch in response to the service request, wherein the multimedia communication service comprises audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or a combination thereof.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the intelligent service switch is configured to access the service filter table, wherein the service filter table includes a service filter value associated with a subscriber identification corresponding to the wireline communication device, and wherein the service filter value relates the subscriber identification to the multimedia communication service.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the service filter table includes a plurality of service filter values, wherein the plurality of service filter values include a first set of service filter values and a second set of service filter values, wherein the first set of service filter values relate the contextual information associated with the wireline communication device to the first set of services of a plurality of multimedia communication services that includes the multimedia communication service, and wherein the second set of service filter values relate information associated with a destination device to a second set of services of the plurality of multimedia communication services.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the wireline communication device is a phone that communicates with the intelligent service switch via an adaptor device, and wherein the adaptor device is configured to receive signals from a plain old telephone service telephone and convert the signals to commands compatible with the integrated wireline-wireless network.

16. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that are operable, when executed by a computer, to cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at an intelligent service switch of an integrated wireline-wireless network, a service request from a wireline communication device, wherein the intelligent service switch includes a service filter;

receiving contextual information associated with the service request, wherein the contextual information includes a time of the service request, a range of times of the service request, a day of the service request, a range of days of the service request, a date of the service request, a range of dates of the service request, a location of the wireline communication device, a type of the wireline communication device, or a combination thereof;

filtering the contextual information based on the service filter to determine a multimedia communication service, wherein the service filter includes a service filter table that relates the contextual information to a plurality of multimedia communication services, wherein the service filter table includes a first set of entries that relate the contextual information to a first set of services of the plurality of multimedia communication services, and wherein the multimedia service is determined based on the first set of services; and

providing the multimedia communication service to the wireline communication device based on the contextual information, wherein the multimedia communication service is provided to the wireline communication device via the intelligent service switch in response to the service request, wherein the multimedia communication service comprises audio entertainment content, news content, weather content, traffic content, securities market content, sports content, financial content, local business location content, local event schedule content, network address book content, calendar content, appointment content, map content, call log content, or a combination thereof.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the operations include providing a web interface to a user of the wireline communication device, and wherein the web interface includes the service filter table.