Method, communication system and communication terminal for the transmission of data

• US 9,088,587 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RingCentral Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG (Atos SE)
• Inventors: Schaade, Stephan
• Primary Examiner(s): Rashid, Harunur
• Application Number:
  US14/465,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20140362851A1
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 709/245, 709/246
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/551 Call history recording a computer conference H04L12/1831
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42195 Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy H04M3/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/48 Arrangements for recalling a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0015 First party call control architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 where the data service is an electronic mail service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/128 Details of addressing, directories or routing tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13091 CLI, identification of calling line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13097 Numbering, addressing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13103 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13152 Callback
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13173 Busy signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13375 Electronic mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber

Abstract

Disclosed is a method, a communication system, and a communication device for transmitting data to a first subscriber, within the framework of a connection signaling from a first primary service communication device of the first subscriber to a second primary service communication device, a primary address information message associated with the first primary service communication device and a secondary address information message associated with a first secondary service communication device of the first subscriber is transmitted to the second primary service communication device. The transmitted address information messages are identified and stored via the primary service communication device. For the transmission of data to be transmitted to the first subscriber, the stored secondary address information message is transferred from the second primary service communication device to a second secondary service communication device, and is transmitted based on the transferred secondary address information message during transmission to the first secondary service communication device.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data to a first subscriber, comprising:

assigning to the first subscriber a first primary service communication facility for communication via a primary communication service and a first secondary communication facility for communication via a secondary communication service;

assigning primary address information to the first primary service communication facility and assigning secondary address information to the first secondary service communication facility, wherein in the context of a connection signaling via the primary communication service from the first primary service communication facility to a second primary service communication facility,

the primary address information and the secondary address information are transmitted via the primary communication service during the connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility to the second primary service communication facility via the primary communication service, and

the second primary service communication facility identifies the transmitted primary and secondary address information and stores them in a call log with mutual assignment;

transferring the stored secondary address information from the second primary service communication facility to a second secondary service communication facility for a transmission of data to the first subscriber; and

transmitting by the second secondary service communication facility, the data to be transmitted to the first subscriber via the secondary communication service to the first secondary service communication facility using the transferred secondary address information; and

wherein address information for the second primary service communication facility is used for at least one of addressing and network path control for the connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility to the second primary service communication facility, and

wherein the second primary service communication service receives the secondary address information without access to an assignment table of an exchange that identifies at least one of the primary address information of the first primary service communication facility and the secondary address information of the first secondary service communication facility.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the primary communication service is provided for bidirectional voice, video and/or multimedia communication and/or the secondary communication service is provided for unidirectional message transmission via text, voice, video and/or multimedia data.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the primary address information is represented by a call number or an IP (Internet Protocol) address and/or the secondary address information is represented by an email address.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first primary service communication facility determines the secondary address information by interrogating an exchange, a gatekeeper, a database or the first secondary service communication facility using the primary address information as an interrogation criterion.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second primary service communication facility stores the transmitted primary and secondary address information with assignment to name information of the first subscriber.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein, further to a user action at the second primary service communication facility or at the second secondary service communication facility, a text message with the stored secondary address information as a previously filled in destination address is displayed for further processing at the second primary service communication facility or at the second secondary service communication facility.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the secondary address information transmitted in D-channel (delta channel) information elements or in a subscriber to subscriber signaling segment of the ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) protocol or in signaling messages of an IP-based protocol.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the secondary address information is transmitted from the first primary service communication facility together with an initial connection setup signaling or initiated by an interrogation message from the second primary service communication facility in a subsequent connection setup signaling.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the secondary address information is transmitted in a signaling segment actually provided for a different purpose and/or the secondary address information is marked such that the secondary address information is identified by the second primary service communication facility from the marking.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the second primary service communication service receives the secondary address information without access to data from an access table of an exchange.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary communication service for communications between the first primary service communication facility and the second primary service communication facility is associated with a first network and the secondary communication service for communications between first secondary service communication facility and the second secondary service communication facility is associated with a second network, and wherein the first network and the second network are different.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary address information is transmitted via the primary communication service during the connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility in a signaling segment for transmitting a display name.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising a second subscriber accepting an incoming call signaled by the connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility to the second primary service communication facility via the primary communication service.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the data to be transmitted to the first subscriber via the secondary communication service comprises an email, the method further comprising storing call-related data and inserting the call-related data into the email.

15. A communication system for transmitting data to a first subscriber, comprising:

a first primary service communication facility assigning hardware device that assigns to the first subscriber a first primary service communication facility for communication via a primary communication service and a first secondary communication facility for communication via a secondary communication service;

a primary address information assigning hardware device that assigns primary address information to the first primary service communication facility and assigns secondary address information to the first secondary service communication facility,

wherein in the context of a connection signaling via the primary communication service from the first primary service communication facility to a second primary service communication facility,

the primary address information and the secondary address information are transmitted via the primary communication service during the connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility to the second primary service communication facility via the primary communication service, and

the second primary service communication facility identifies the transmitted primary and secondary address information and stores them in a call log with mutual assignment;

a stored secondary address information transferring hardware device that transfers the stored secondary address information from the second primary service communication facility to a second secondary service communication facility for a transmission of data to the first subscriber; and

a data transmission hardware device that transmits the data to be transmitted to the first subscriber via the secondary communication service to the first secondary service communication facility using the transferred secondary address information; and

wherein address information for the second primary service communication facility is used for at least one of addressing and network path control for the connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility to the second primary service communication facility, and

wherein the second primary service communication service receives the secondary address information without access to an assignment table of an exchange that identifies at least one of the primary address information of the first primary service communication facility and the secondary address information of the first secondary service communication facility.

16. The communication system of claim 15 wherein the second primary service communication facility receives the secondary address information without access to an assignment table of an exchange that identifies the secondary address information of the first secondary service communication facility.

17. A communication terminal for transmitting data to a first subscriber, where a first primary service communication facility for communication by way of a primary communication service and a first secondary communication facility for communication by way of a secondary communication service are assigned to the first subscriber and primary address information is assigned to the first primary service communication facility and secondary address information is assigned to the first secondary service communication facility, comprising:

a telephone receive hardware unit that receives a connection signal from the first primary service communication facility with the primary address information and the secondary address information being transmitted in the context of the connection signaling via the primary communication service during the connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility to the second primary service communication facility via the primary communication service;

a telephone identification hardware unit to identify the primary and secondary address information received by the receive unit;

a telephone storage control hardware unit for the storage with mutual assignment of the primary and secondary address information identified by the identification unit in a call log; and

a telephone address transfer hardware unit to transfer the secondary address information stored by the storage control unit to a second secondary service communication facility configured to transmit the data to be transmitted to the first subscriber via the secondary communication service to the first secondary service communication facility using the transferred secondary address information; and

wherein address information for the second primary service communication facility is used for at least one of addressing and network path control for the connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility to the second primary service communication facility, and

wherein the second primary service communication service receives the secondary address information without access to an assignment table of an exchange that identifies at least one of the primary address information of the first primary service communication facility and the secondary address information of the first secondary service communication facility.

18. The communication terminal of claim 17 wherein the communication terminal receives the secondary address information via the primary communication service without access to an assignment table of an exchange.