Providing notifications of call-related services
First Claim
1. Apparatus for use in relation to a first near-end terminal, the first near-end terminal being a mobile user terminal operable to establish voice or video calls with one or more far-end user terminals over a network, the apparatus comprising:
- a detection module arranged to detect when the first near-end terminal is within a relative proximity of a second near-end terminal available to provide a call-related service in relation to one or more of the voice or video calls, the detection comprising comparing environmental data detected by the first near-end terminal and the second near-end terminal to determine a correlation indicative of the relative proximity, the environmental data comprising sound sampled from surroundings of the first near-end terminal and the second near-end terminal;
a notification module arranged to output a notification to a user of the first near-end terminal based on said detection, notifying the user of the call-related service; and
a configuration module operable, in response to said detection, to store a configuration configuring the first near-end terminal as having the second near-end terminal identified for later provision of the call-related service.
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a first near-end terminal, the first near-end terminal being a mobile user terminal operable to establish voice or video calls with one or more far-end user terminals over a network. A detection module detects when the first near-end terminal is within a relative proximity of a second near-end terminal available to provide a call-related service in relation to one or more of the voice or video calls. A notification module outputs a notification to a user of the first near-end terminal based on said detection, notifying the user of the call-related service. In response to said detection, a configuration module is operable to store a configuration configuring the first near-end terminal as having the second near-end terminal identified for later provision of the call-related service.
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20 Claims
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1. Apparatus for use in relation to a first near-end terminal, the first near-end terminal being a mobile user terminal operable to establish voice or video calls with one or more far-end user terminals over a network, the apparatus comprising:
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a detection module arranged to detect when the first near-end terminal is within a relative proximity of a second near-end terminal available to provide a call-related service in relation to one or more of the voice or video calls, the detection comprising comparing environmental data detected by the first near-end terminal and the second near-end terminal to determine a correlation indicative of the relative proximity, the environmental data comprising sound sampled from surroundings of the first near-end terminal and the second near-end terminal; a notification module arranged to output a notification to a user of the first near-end terminal based on said detection, notifying the user of the call-related service; and a configuration module operable, in response to said detection, to store a configuration configuring the first near-end terminal as having the second near-end terminal identified for later provision of the call-related service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable memories, coupled to the one or more processors, comprising instructions for use in relation to a first near-end terminal, the first near-end terminal being a mobile user terminal operable to establish voice or video calls with one or more far-end user terminals over a network, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; detecting when the first near-end terminal is within a relative proximity of a second near-end terminal available to provide a call-related service in relation to one or more of the voice or video calls, the detecting comprising comparing environmental data detected by the first near-end terminal and the second near-end terminal to determine a correlation indicative of the relative proximity, the environmental data comprising sound sampled from surroundings of the first near-end terminal and the second near-end terminal; based on said detection, outputting a notification to a user of the first near-end terminal notifying the user of the call-related service; and in response to said detection, storing a configuration setting configuring the first near-end terminal as having the second-near end terminal identified for later provision of the call-related service.
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20. A method to establish packet-based voice or video calls from a first near-end terminal with one or more far-end user terminals over a network, the method comprising:
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detecting when the first near-end terminal is within a relative proximity of a second near-end terminal available to act as a media end-point for one or more of the voice or video calls established via the first near-end user terminal, the detecting comprising comparing environmental data detected by the first near-end terminal and the second near-end terminal to determine a correlation indicative of the relative proximity, the environmental data comprising sound sampled from surroundings of the first near-end terminal and the second near-end terminal; when the first and second near-end terminals are detected to be within said proximity, automatically outputting a notification to a user of the first near-end terminal, the notification notifying the user of the availability of the second near-end user terminal as a media endpoint for one or more of the calls, and prompting the user for a user selection as to whether to accept the second near-end terminal for use as said media end-point; in response to said detection, and on condition that said user-selection is affirmative, storing a configuration setting in non-volatile storage, configuring the first near-end terminal as having the second-near end terminal selected for use as said media end-point; and on a later occasion when the user makes one of said calls, after the first and second near-end user terminals have departed from and then returned to being within said proximity, automatically detecting the second near-end terminal and retrieving the configuration setting from the non-volatile storage, thereby using the second near-end user terminal to play or generate at least one voice or video stream of the call while the first near-end user terminal controls the call and/or plays out or generates at least one other voice or video stream of the call.
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