Method for sending a data message during a telephone call

• US 9,119,044 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Ford, Peter J., Nash, Ian, Bird, Ron, Wilkinson, Alan, Cooper, Lee, Asikainen, Minna, Espigares, Inmaculada, Tourunen, Ari O., Hakkarainen, Vesa-Matti
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisner, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US14/087,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20140087774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 4554121-420, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/422.1, 455450-455, 455/464, 455/509, 370328-337, 370/339, 370341-348, 370431-463, 715/764, 715810-845, D14/485, D14/486
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A method of sending data from a first party participating in a telephone call to a second party participating in the telephone call, comprising, in the terminal of the first party, storing, as a consequence of the telephone call, identifier data that identifies the second party; using the stored identifier data to determine automatically a destination address for a data message; and sending, during the telephone call, the data message with the automatically determined destination address. A method for sending data from a first party participating in a telephone call to a second party participating in the telephone call, comprising, in the terminal of the first party: providing, while the telephone call is on-going, a user selectable option to transfer data to another party participating in the telephone call without user specification of a destination address.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in a wireless terminal of a first party participating in a voice call, storing, as a consequence of the voice call, identifier data that identifies a second party participating in the voice call;

using the stored identifier data to automatically determine a destination address for a data message;

in response to receiving a selection by the first party to send the data message, controlling a display to display a plurality of delivery mechanisms for sending the data message from the wireless terminal of the first party to the second party, wherein the plurality of delivery mechanisms is determined in dependence of a type of the destination address; and

controlling the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address using a selected delivery mechanism.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein using the stored identifier data to automatically determine a destination address for a data message comprises obtaining the destination address from a database.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the destination address from a database comprises associating different identifier data in the database with data delivery addresses of different users.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address comprises sending the data message via a channel parallel to a voice channel used for the voice call.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address occurs during the voice call with the second party.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address occurs after termination of the voice call with the second party.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the destination address is indicative of the second party and wherein controlling the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address occurs during the voice call to a third party.

8. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least;

in a wireless terminal of a first party participating in a voice call, store, as a consequence of the voice call, identifier data that identifies a second party participating in the voice call;

use the stored identifier data to automatically determine a destination address for a data message;

in response to receiving a selection by the first party to send the data message, control a display to display a plurality of delivery mechanisms for sending the data message from the wireless terminal of the first party to the second party, wherein the plurality of delivery mechanisms is determined in dependence of a type of the destination address; and

control the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address using a selected delivery mechanism.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the destination address is obtained from a database.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the database from which the destination address is obtained comprises different identifier data associated with data delivery addresses of different users.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein a data channel parallel to a voice channel is used for the voice call, the data channel being configured to send the data message to the destination address.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is configured to control the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address during the voice call with the second party.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is configured to control the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address after termination of the voice call with the second party.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the destination address is indicative of the second party and wherein the apparatus is configured to control the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address during the voice call to a third party.

15. A method, comprising:

in a wireless terminal of a first party participating in a voice call, controlling a display to provide a user selectable option to transfer data to a second party participating in the voice call without user specification of a destination address;

in response to receiving a selection of the provided option by the first party to transfer the data, controlling a display to display a plurality of delivery mechanisms for sending the data from the wireless terminal of the first party to the second party, wherein the plurality of delivery mechanisms is determined in dependence of a type of the destination address; and

controlling the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the determined destination address.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein controlling the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address occurs during the voice call with the second party.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein controlling the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address occurs after termination of the voice call with the second party.

18. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least;

in a wireless terminal of a first party participating in a voice call, control a display to provide a user selectable option to transfer data to a second party participating in the voice call without user specification of a destination address;

in response to receiving a selection of the provided option by the first party to transfer the data, control a display to display a plurality of delivery mechanisms for sending the data from the wireless terminal of the first party to the second party, wherein the plurality of delivery mechanisms is determined in dependence of a type of the destination address; and

control the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the determined destination address.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is configured to control the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address during the voice call with the second party.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is configured to control the wireless terminal of the first party to send the data message to the destination address after termination of the voice call with the second party.