Method and arrangement for providing VoIP communication
First Claim
1. A method for providing communication in a voice over IP (VoIP) communication network having a multiplicity of network nodes, comprising:
- storing in one of a first network node of the VoIP communication network and a first subscriber terminal a first item of information comprising a VoIP connection property identified by a user of the first subscriber terminal in the VoIP communication network;
when a second subscriber terminal attempts to initiate establishment of a connection to the first subscriber terminal;
requesting by the second subscriber terminal the first item of information from the one of the first network node and the first subscriber terminal,forming at least one data element wherein said data element describes the connection the second subscriber terminal seeks to establish with the first subscriber terminal on the basis of at least the first item of information, andtransmitting by the second subscriber terminal the data element to the first network node or to a second network node;
the first network node or the second network node evaluating the data element transmitted by the second subscriber terminal such that the connection between the first subscriber terminal and the second subscriber terminal is established upon a determination by the first network node or the second network node that evaluates the data element transmitted by the second subscriber terminal that the connection described by the data element complies with at least the first item of information and a connection is established between the second subscriber terminal and network element associated with the user of the first subscriber terminal upon a determination by the first network node or the second network node that evaluates the data element transmitted by the second subscriber terminal that the connection described by the data element does not comply with at least the first item of information.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for providing communication in a VoIP communication network having a multiplicity of network nodes, in which a) at least one first subscriber terminal in the VoIP communication network stores a first item of information containing at least one VoIP connection property desired by the user of the first subscriber terminal in at least one first network node of the VoIP communication network, wherein b) when a second subscriber terminal wishes to connect to the first subscriber terminal, b1) the second subscriber terminal requests the first item of information from the first network node, b2) the second subscriber terminal forms at least one data element that describes the connection on the basis of at least the first item of information, b3) the second subscriber terminal transmits the data element that describes the connection to a functional element which is assigned to the network and switches through direct connections between communication partners, and wherein c) the functional element evaluates the data element in such a manner that it establishes the connection between the first subscriber terminal and the second subscriber terminal on the basis of at least the first item of information. The invention also relates to an arrangement for carrying out the method.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for providing communication in a voice over IP (VoIP) communication network having a multiplicity of network nodes, comprising:
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storing in one of a first network node of the VoIP communication network and a first subscriber terminal a first item of information comprising a VoIP connection property identified by a user of the first subscriber terminal in the VoIP communication network; when a second subscriber terminal attempts to initiate establishment of a connection to the first subscriber terminal; requesting by the second subscriber terminal the first item of information from the one of the first network node and the first subscriber terminal, forming at least one data element wherein said data element describes the connection the second subscriber terminal seeks to establish with the first subscriber terminal on the basis of at least the first item of information, and transmitting by the second subscriber terminal the data element to the first network node or to a second network node; the first network node or the second network node evaluating the data element transmitted by the second subscriber terminal such that the connection between the first subscriber terminal and the second subscriber terminal is established upon a determination by the first network node or the second network node that evaluates the data element transmitted by the second subscriber terminal that the connection described by the data element complies with at least the first item of information and a connection is established between the second subscriber terminal and network element associated with the user of the first subscriber terminal upon a determination by the first network node or the second network node that evaluates the data element transmitted by the second subscriber terminal that the connection described by the data element does not comply with at least the first item of information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20)
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12. A method for providing communication in a voice over IP (VoIP) communication network having a multiplicity of network nodes, comprising:
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storing in one of a first network node of the VoIP communication network and a first subscriber terminal a first item of information comprising a VoIP connection property identified by a user of the first subscriber terminal in the VoIP communication network; to establish a connection to the first subscriber terminal, the second subscriber terminal; requesting the first item of information from the one of the first network node and the first subscriber terminal, forming at least one data element wherein said data element describes the connection on the basis of at least the first item of information, and transmitting the data element by the second subscriber terminal to the first network node or to a second network node; the first network node or the second network node evaluating the data element transmitted by the second subscriber terminal such that the connection between the first subscriber terminal and the second subscriber terminal is established upon a determination by the first network node or the second network node evaluating the data element that the connection described by the data element complies with at least the first item of information and a connection is established between the second subscriber terminal and a network element associated with the user of the first subscriber terminal upon a determination by the first network node or the second network node evaluating the data element that the connection described by the data element does not comply with at least the first item of information; wherein a device assigned to the VoIP communication network for switching to provide direct connections between communication partners is the first network node.
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16. A system for providing communication in a VoIP communication network, comprising:
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a first subscriber terminal; a first network node, the first network node communicatively connectable to the first subscriber terminal; a first item of information being storable in one of the first subscriber terminal and the first network node, the first item of information comprising a connection property identified by a user of the first subscriber terminal in the network; one of the first network node and the first subscriber terminal receiving a request for the first item of information from a second subscriber terminal and responding to that request by sending a response that comprises information of the first item of information to the second subscriber terminal such that a data element is formable by the second subscriber terminal; one of the first network node and a second network node communicatively connectable to the first subscriber terminal receiving the data element from the second subscriber terminal that is sent by the second subscriber terminal to establish a connection with the first subscriber terminal, the data element describing the connection the second subscriber terminal seeks to establish with the first subscriber terminal; and one of the first network node and the second network node evaluating the data element received from the second subscriber terminal such that a connection between the first subscriber terminal and the second subscriber terminal is establishable upon a determination by the one of the first network node and the second network node that evaluates the received data element that the connection described by the data element complies with at least the first item of information and a connection between the second subscriber terminal and a network element associated with the user of the first subscriber terminal is establishable upon a determination by the one of the first network node and the second network node that evaluates the received data element that the connection described by the data element does not comply with at least the first item of information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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21. A method for providing communication in a voice over IP (VoIP) communication network having a multiplicity of network nodes, comprising:
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storing in one of a first network node of the VoIP communication network and a first subscriber terminal a first item of information comprising a VoIP connection property defined by a user of the first subscriber terminal in the VoIP communication network; receiving a request from a second subscriber terminal for the first item of information; forming at least one data element, wherein said data element describes a connection the second subscriber terminal seeks to establish with the first subscriber terminal on the basis of at least the first item of information; the first network node or the second network node receiving the data element; the first network node or the second network node that received the data element evaluating the data element, establishing a connection between the first subscriber terminal and the second subscriber terminal upon a determination by the first network node or the second network node that received and evaluated the data element that the connection described by the data element complies with at least the first item of information; and establishing a connection between the second subscriber terminal and a network element associated with the user of the first subscriber terminal upon a determination by the first network node or the second network node that received and evaluated the data element that the connection described by the data element does not comply with at least the first item of information.
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