System for deploying voice over internet protocol services

• US 9,036,621 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2007
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
• 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: Qiu, Chaoxin, Cantu, Diana M.
• Primary Examiner(s): KASSIM, KHALED M
• Application Number:
  US11/765,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20080316999A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,891 Days
• Field of Search: 370351-356, 379/88.17
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system for deploying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) having a controller element to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)message from an originating communication device requesting communications with a terminating communication device, and establish an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the originating communication device and an advertisement media system to present at the originating communication device an advertisement message that replaces a ringback tone associated with the terminating communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a session initiation protocol message from a call session control function associated with a call initiated by an originating communication device requesting communications with a terminating communication device, wherein the call session control function operates in an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network;

obtaining a uniform resource identifier of an advertisement message, wherein the advertisement message is selected based on demographic information retrieved from subscription information retrieved from a home subscriber server, wherein the home subscriber server provides an initial filter criterion that indicates that the originating communication device is to be provided with the advertisement message in place of a ringback tone;

submitting the uniform resource identifier to the call session control function for obtaining the advertisement message, wherein the call session control function establishes a real-time protocol connection for presenting the advertisement message at the originating communication device in place of the ringback tone associated with the call directed to the terminating communication device, wherein the presenting the advertisement message is completed first before the session initiation protocol message is transmitted for establishing the call to a terminating call session control function associated with the terminating communication device;

presenting an option to hear more information about the advertisement message after the call is completed;

receiving an indication to supply more information;

supplying more information about the advertisement message after the call is completed;

receiving a location of the originating communication device;

locating a retail establishment in a vicinity of the location; and

obtaining the uniform resource identifier of the advertisement message from another advertisement message associated with the retail establishment.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the advertisement message is presented by an advertisement media system, and wherein the advertisement message corresponds to an audible message.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the call session control function comprises a proxy-call session control function.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium operates in an advertisement application server, and wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further comprises storing the uniform resource identifier of the advertisement message for subsequent reuse.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a service fee for a presentation of the advertisement message at the originating communication device; and

directing the service fee to a sponsor of the advertisement message.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining the uniform resource identifier for the advertisement message according to the location.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the location is supplied by the call session control function, and wherein the location comprises location coordinates of the originating communication device.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the call session control function demographic information associated with a subscriber of the originating communication device; and

obtaining the uniform resource identifier of the advertisement message according to the demographic information.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication that the subscriber of the originating communication device is interested in a subject matter promoted by the advertisement message.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the indication is received in another session initiation protocol message having a character entered by the subscriber by way of a user interface of the originating communication device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting to the originating communication device a message with a selectable communication link; and

processing feedback from the subscriber of the originating communication device according to a selection of the selectable communication link.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

directing the call session control function to establish communications between the originating communication device and an agent of a sponsor of the advertisement message upon the call session control function detecting that communications have terminated between the originating communication device and the terminating communication device.

13. A call session control function, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a session initiation protocol message from an originating communication device requesting communications with a terminating communication device;

establishing an internet protocol connection between the originating communication device and an advertisement media system;

receiving from an advertisement application system a uniform resource identifier of an advertisement message, wherein the advertisement message is selected based on demographic information retrieved from subscription information retrieved from a home subscriber server, wherein the home subscriber server provides an initial filter criterion that indicates that the originating communication device is to be provided with the advertisement message in place of a ringback tone;

submitting to the advertisement media system the uniform resource identifier to present at the originating communication device the advertisement message that replaces the ringback tone associated with the communications with the terminating communication device, wherein the presenting the advertisement message is completed first before the session initiation protocol message is transmitted for establishing the call to a terminating call session control function associated with the terminating communication device;

presenting an option to hear more information about the advertisement message after the communications is completed;

receiving an indication to supply more information; and

supplying more information about the advertisement message after the communications is completed;

receiving a location of the originating communication device;

locating a retail establishment in a vicinity of the location; and

obtaining the uniform resource identifier of the advertisement message from another advertisement message associated with the retail establishment.

14. The call session control function of claim 13, wherein the internet protocol connection corresponds to a real-time protocol connection, and wherein the advertisement message is presented to the originating communication device via the real-time protocol connection.

15. The call session control function of claim 13, further comprising:

submitting a telephone number mapping query to a telephone number mapping system with a called party number retrieved from the session initiation protocol message; and

initiating the call with the terminating communication device according to a response received from the telephone number mapping system.

16. The call session control function of claim 13, wherein the advertisement message corresponds to an audible message.

17. The call session control function of claim 13, wherein the call session control function comprises a proxy-call session control function.

18. The call session control function of claim 13, further comprising:

establishing communications between the originating communication device and the terminating communication device upon detecting an acceptance of the call by the terminating communication device;

monitoring a duration of communications between the originating communication device and the terminating communication device; and

generating a service fee directed to a subscriber of the originating communication device when communications between the originating communication device and the terminating communication device exceeds a duration threshold.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor in an advertisement media system, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

retrieving an advertisement message according to a uniform resource identifier supplied by a call session control function, wherein the advertisement message is selected based on demographic information retrieved from subscription information retrieved from a home subscriber server, wherein the home subscriber server provides an initial filter criterion that indicates that the originating communication device is to be provided with the advertisement message in place of a ringback tone;

presenting the advertisement message over an internet protocol connection established by a call session control function between an originating communication device and the advertisement media system to replace the ringback tone associated with a call from the originating communication device directed to a terminating communication device, wherein the presenting the advertisement message is completed first before a session initiation protocol message is transmitted for establishing a call to a terminating call session control function associated with the terminating communication device;

presenting an option to hear more information about the advertisement message after the call is completed;

receiving an indication to supply more information;

supplying more information about the advertisement message after the call is completed;

receiving a location of the originating communication device;

locating a retail establishment in a vicinity of the location; and

obtaining the uniform resource identifier of the advertisement message from another advertisement message associated with the retail establishment.

20. An originating communication device, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

transmitting to a call session control function a session initiation protocol message associated with a call directed to a terminating communication device;

presenting an advertisement message received from an advertisement media system over an internet protocol connection established by the call session control function using a uniform resource identifier submitted to the call session control function that replaces a ringback tone of the terminating communication device, wherein the advertisement message is selected based on demographic information retrieved from subscription information retrieved from a home subscriber server, wherein the home subscriber server provides an initial filter criterion that indicates that the originating communication device is to be provided with the advertisement message in place of the ringback tone, wherein the presenting the advertisement message is completed first before the session initiation protocol message for establishing the call is transmitted by the call session control function to a terminating call session control function associated with the terminating communication device;

presenting an option to hear more information about the advertisement message after the call is completed;

receiving an indication to supply more information;

supplying more information about the advertisement message after the call is completed; and

sending a location of the originating communication device, where the location is for locating a retail establishment in a vicinity of the location, and for obtaining the uniform resource identifier of the advertisement message from another advertisement message associated with the retail establishment.

21. The originating communication device of claim 20, wherein the call session control function receives a service profile from a home subscriber server that indicates the originating communication device has a free subscription for communication services subject to presentation of advertisement messages at the originating communication device.

22. The originating communication device of claim 20, wherein the originating communication device comprises a mobile cellular phone.