Methods and apparatus to provide a call-associated content service

• US 8,811,382 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2011
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jackson, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANDREWS, LEON T
• Application Number:
  US13/307,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20120076136A1
• Time in Patent Office: 993 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

An example method includes performing a telephone number database query at a call session control function server to obtain a first uniform resource identifier for a destination and to obtain a second uniform resource identifier for the destination, establishing a first communication session to the destination based on the first uniform resource identifier, and initiating a second communication session on behalf of a calling device to the destination based on the second uniform resource identifier, the destination to provide content associated with the first communication session via the second communication session.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

performing a telephone number database query at a call session control function server to obtain a first uniform resource identifier for a destination and to obtain a second uniform resource identifier for the destination;

establishing a first communication session to the destination based on the first uniform resource identifier; and

initiating a second communication session on behalf of a calling device to the destination based on the second uniform resource identifier, the destination to provide content associated with the first communication session via the second communication session.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the second communication session is used to obtain content selected at the destination via the first communication session.

3. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first communication session is established by sending a session initiation protocol INVITE message to the first uniform resource identifier.

4. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the second communication session is initiated by sending a session initiation protocol NOTIFY message to a content mediation platform, the NOTIFY message including the second uniform resource identifier.

5. The method as defined in claim 4, wherein the session initiation protocol NOTIFY message comprises a call dialog parameter to initiate the first communication session, wherein the destination is based on the call dialog parameter to associate the first and second communication sessions.

6. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first communication session is directed to a first server at the destination, and the second communication session is directed to a second server at the destination.

7. The method as defined in claim 6, wherein the second server is to provide web based content based on the first communication session.

8. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the destination is represented by an E.164 telephone number.

9. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first uniform resource identifier is a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier, and the second uniform resource identifier is a hyper-text transfer protocol uniform resource identifier.

27. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein initiating the second communication session enables the calling device to simultaneously participate in the first communication session and present the content obtained via the second communication session.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a telephone number query request message for a destination at a telephone number server;

identifying a first uniform resource identifier associated with the destination at the telephone number server, the first uniform resource identifier useable to establish a first communication session to the destination;

identifying a second uniform resource identifier associated with the destination at the telephone number server, the second uniform resource identifier to address a server associated with the destination to provide content associated with the first communication session via a second communication session; and

sending a query response message that includes the first uniform resource identifier, the second uniform resource identifier, and a third uniform resource identifier associated with a content mediator.

11. The method as defined in claim 10, wherein the query request message comprises an E.164 telephone number associated with the destination.

12. The method as defined in claim 10, wherein the first communication session comprises an audio voice over Internet Protocol communication session, and the second communication session comprises a web-services communication session.

13. The method as defined in claim 10, wherein the second communication session comprises a hyper-text transfer protocol communication session.

28. The method as defined in claim 10, wherein the third uniform resource identifier is associated with the content mediator, and the content mediator is to establish the second communication session in response to being notified of call-associated content for the first communication session.

14. A call session control function server, comprising:

a processor; and

a storage device comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

performing a telephone number database query to obtain a first uniform resource identifier for a destination and to obtain a second uniform resource identifier for the destination;

establishing a first communication session to the destination based on the first uniform resource identifier; and

initiating a second communication session on behalf of a calling device to the destination based on the second uniform resource identifier, the destination to provide content associated with the first communication session via the second communication session.

15. The call session control function server as defined in claim 14, wherein the second communication session is used to obtain content selected at the destination via the first communication session.

16. The call session control function server as defined in claim 14, wherein the first communication session is established by sending a session initiation protocol INVITE message to the first uniform resource identifier.

17. The call session control function server as defined in claim 14, wherein the second communication session is initiated by sending a session initiation protocol NOTIFY message to a content mediation platform, the NOTIFY message including the second uniform resource identifier.

18. The call session control function server as defined in claim 17, wherein the session initiation protocol NOTIFY message comprises a call dialog parameter to initiate the first communication session, the destination being based on the call dialog parameter to associate the first and second communication sessions.

19. The call session control function server as defined in claim 14, wherein the first communication session is directed to a first server at the destination, and the second communication session is directed to a second server at the destination.

20. The call session control function server as defined in claim 19, wherein the second server is to provide web based content based on the first communication session.

21. The call session control function server as defined in claim 14, wherein the destination is represented by an E.164 telephone number.

22. The call session control function server as defined in claim 14, wherein the first uniform resource identifier is a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier, and the second uniform resource identifier is a hyper-text transfer protocol uniform resource identifier.

23. A content server, comprising:

a processor; and

a storage device comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

accessing a telephone number query request message for a destination at a telephone number server;

identifying a first uniform resource identifier associated with the destination at the telephone number server, the first uniform resource identifier useable to establish a first communication session to the destination;

identifying a second uniform resource identifier associated with the destination at the telephone number server, the second uniform resource identifier to address a processor associated with the destination to provide content associated with the first communication session via a second communication session; and

sending a query response message that includes the first uniform resource identifier, the second uniform resource identifier, and a third uniform resource identifier associated with a content mediator.

24. The content server as defined in claim 23, wherein the query request message comprises an E.164 telephone number associated with the destination.

25. The content server as defined in claim 23, wherein the first communication session comprises an audio voice over Internet Protocol communication session, and the second communication session comprises a web-services communication session.

26. The content server as defined in claim 23, wherein the second communication session comprises a hyper-text transfer protocol communication session.