Supplemental information for mobile terminated mobile initiated calling
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile device, an indication of availability of a voice call;
outputting an indication of the availability of the voice call through an interface of the mobile device;
receiving input through the interface that the voice call is to be accepted;
receiving supplemental information pertaining to the voice call over a data channel in response to the acceptance of the voice call;
beginning to establish the voice channel; and
during establishing of the voice channel, outputting elements of the supplemental information through the interface.
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Abstract
Availability of a call for a mobile device can be signaled over a data channel; to avoid unnecessary airtime charges, an audio channel for the voice call is setup only if a user of the mobile device accepting the call. Responsive to the user accepting the call, the mobile device can signal to a network to establish the audio channel. Establishing the audio channel takes some time. The time in which the audio channel is established is used to output, at the mobile device, supplemental information received over the data channel, such as information about a calling party, such as directory information, organization information, and call history. The outputting of such information during this time period makes a user experience better, because the user is less likely to think that a call has failed by observing an unfilled delay between when the call was accepted through the user interface and when the audio channel is actually available to service the call.
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15 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile device, an indication of availability of a voice call; outputting an indication of the availability of the voice call through an interface of the mobile device; receiving input through the interface that the voice call is to be accepted; receiving supplemental information pertaining to the voice call over a data channel in response to the acceptance of the voice call; beginning to establish the voice channel; and during establishing of the voice channel, outputting elements of the supplemental information through the interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method, comprising:
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indicating, from an enterprise network, over a data channel to a mobile device that a voice call is available for the mobile device; receiving an indication on the data channel that the call is accepted at the mobile device; obtaining supplemental information pertaining to a calling party in response to the acceptance of the call; and sending the supplemental information to the mobile device over the data channel for display during setup of a voice channel between a Private Branch eXchange (PBX) and the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising
a voice server, operable to receive incoming voice calls and to bridge two or more incoming voice calls to establish a voice channel between those bridged voice calls; -
a call control server, coupled with the voice server, and operable to communicate with a mobile device over a data channel to indicate to the mobile device the availability of a voice call for the mobile device at the voice server; and a supplemental information server, operable to communicate with the mobile device over the data channel to provide, to the mobile device, and to respond to an indication of acceptance of the voice call at the mobile device by sending supplemental information pertaining to the available voice call on the data channel.
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13. A mobile device, comprising:
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one or more wireless network interfaces capable of packet data and voice communication; a memory; a user interface; and a processing resource coupled with the memory, with the one or more wireless network interfaces, and with the user interface, and programmed to receive an indication, in packet data, of availability of a voice call for the mobile device at a Private Branch eXchange (PBX), to output an indication of voice call availability through the interface, to receive an indication of acceptance of the voice call through the interface, to display supplemental information in response to receiving the indication of acceptance of the voice call, received in packet data over the one or more wireless network interfaces, during a time when the voice channel is being setup to carry audio for the accepted voice call. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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