Method and system for managing contact information in a universal plug and play home network environment
First Claim
1. A method of a telephony server (TS) for sharing a personal contact card of a user of a telephony control point (TelCP) in a network environment with a remote party, comprising:
- receiving a request for a personal contact card associated with the user of the TelCP from a wireless area network (WAN) device;
sending a notification regarding the request for personal contact card associated with the user to the TelCP;
receiving a response message to the notification from the TelCP, wherein the response indicates whether the personal contact card is to be shared with the WAN device and type of information in the personal contact card to be shared with the WAN device;
determining whether the personal contact card is to be shared with a user of the WAN device based on the received response;
if the personal contact card is to be shared with the user of the WAN device, sending the personal contact card associated with the user of the TelCP to the WAN device; and
if the personal contact card is not to be shared with the user of the WAN device, returning an error message to the WAN device.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for managing contact information in a universal plug and play (UPnP) home network environment. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of a telephony server (TS) for providing contact information to a telephony control point (TelCP) in a universal plug and play home network environment. The method includes receiving a request for providing contact information updates associated with at least one contact entry from the TelCP connected to the TS in an UPnP home network environment. The method further includes obtaining the requested contact information updates from an address book associated with the at least one contact entry. The method also includes providing the obtained contact information updates associated with the at least one contact entry to the TelCP.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of a telephony server (TS) for sharing a personal contact card of a user of a telephony control point (TelCP) in a network environment with a remote party, comprising:
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receiving a request for a personal contact card associated with the user of the TelCP from a wireless area network (WAN) device; sending a notification regarding the request for personal contact card associated with the user to the TelCP; receiving a response message to the notification from the TelCP, wherein the response indicates whether the personal contact card is to be shared with the WAN device and type of information in the personal contact card to be shared with the WAN device; determining whether the personal contact card is to be shared with a user of the WAN device based on the received response; if the personal contact card is to be shared with the user of the WAN device, sending the personal contact card associated with the user of the TelCP to the WAN device; and if the personal contact card is not to be shared with the user of the WAN device, returning an error message to the WAN device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A telephony server (TS) comprising:
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a communication interface; a processor; and memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes a contact information management module configured for; receiving a request for a personal contact card associated with a user of a telephony control point (TelCP) from a wireless area network (WAN) device via the communication interface; sending a notification regarding the request for personal contact card associated with the user to the TelCP; receiving a response message to the notification from the TelCP, wherein the response indicates whether the personal contact card is to be shared with the WAN device and type of information in the personal contact card to be shared with the WAN device; determining whether the personal contact card is to be shared with a user of the WAN device based on the received response; if the personal contact card is to be shared with the user of the WAN device, sending the personal contact card associated with the user of the TelCP to the WAN device via the communication interface; and if the personal contact card is not to be shared with the user of the WAN device, returning an error message to the WAN device via the communication interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, that when executed by a telephony server (TS), cause the TS to perform a method comprising:
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receiving a request for a personal contact card associated with a user of a telephony control point (TelCP) from a wireless area network (WAN) device via the communication interface; sending a notification regarding the request for personal contact card associated with the user to the TelCP; receiving a response message to the notification from the TelCP, wherein the response indicates whether the personal contact card is to be shared with the WAN device and type of information in the personal contact card to be shared with the WAN device; determining whether the personal contact card is to be shared with a user of the WAN device based on the received response; if the personal contact card is to be shared with the user of the WAN device, sending the personal contact card associated with the user of the TelCP to the WAN device via the communication interface; and if the personal contact card is not to be shared with the user of the WAN device, returning an error message to the WAN device via the communication interface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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