Multimedia providing service

• US 9,491,301 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2008
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ozawa, Kazunori, Koyama, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, MINH CHAU
• Application Number:
  US12/669,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20100205278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,064 Days
• Field of Search: 709218-219, 455414-415
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0036 where the data service is an information service

Abstract

At one of the timings: during a period between the moment when one of terminals which performs transmission calls out a communication partner and the moment of response and at the timing after the communication between the terminals is complete; a server reads out content data from a database and transmits the read out content data to the terminal. At this timing, the terminal reproduces the content data transmitted from the server.

Claims

1. A method of providing a multimedia service in a multimedia communication system that is made up from a plurality of terminals and a server, said server being connected to said plurality of terminals, said server processing call process signals of said plurality of terminals, and having a database in which are stored content data;

said method comprising wherein;

said server reads said content data from said database at a timing when it is determined that communication between said terminals has ended;

at said timing, said server transmits said content data that were read to said terminals;

at said timing, said terminals reproduce content data that were transmitted from said server;

said server records in a preferential treatment information database the frequency of transmission of said content data to the origination-side terminal that is said terminal that performs call origination; and

said server reads from said preferential treatment information database preferential treatment information that accords with said frequency.

2. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 1, further comprising:

at said timings, said server transmits said content data that were read to the termination-side terminal that is the terminal that is the communication partner of said terminal that performs call origination; and

during the time interval until said termination-side terminal responds, said termination-side terminal reproduces content data that were transmitted from said server.

3. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 2, further comprising wherein after said termination-side terminal responds, said server transmits data, that were transmitted from the origination-side terminal that is said terminal that performs call origination, to said termination-side terminal.

4. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 1, further comprising:

at said timing, said server reads said content data from said database and reproduction environment information indicating the reproduction environment of the content data that are stored together with said content data in said database;

at said timing, said server transmits said content data and reproduction environment information that were read to the origination-side terminal that is said terminal that performs call origination; and

at said timing, said origination-side terminal reproduces content data that were transmitted from said server based on said reproduction environment information.

5. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 4, said method further comprising wherein said server transmits to said origination-side terminal reproduction environment information of data that are transmitted from said termination-side terminal that is the terminal that is the communication partner of said origination-side terminal.

6. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 4, further comprising wherein, after the termination-side terminal that is the terminal that is the communication partner of said origination-side terminal responds, said server transmits to said origination-side terminal data that were transmitted from said termination-side terminal.

7. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 4, further comprising wherein said server uses SDP to process said reproduction environment information.

8. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 1, further comprising wherein said server uses SIP to process said call process signals.

9. A method of providing a multimedia service in a multimedia communication system that is made up from a plurality of terminals and a server, said server being connected to said plurality of terminals, said server processing call process signals of said plurality of terminals, and having a database in which are stored content data;

said method comprising wherein;

said server reads said content data from said database at a timing when it is determined that communication between said terminals has ended;

at said timing, said server transmits said content data that were read to said terminals;

at said timing, said terminals reproduce content data that were transmitted from said server;

said server records in a preferential treatment information database the frequency of transmission of said content data to a termination-side terminal that is the terminal that is the communication partner of said terminal that performs call origination; and

said server reads from said preferential treatment information database preferential treatment information that accords with said frequency.

10. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 9, further comprising wherein:

at said timings, said server transmits said content data that were read to the termination-side terminal that is the terminal that is the communication partner of said terminal that performs call origination; and

during the time interval until said termination-side terminal responds, said termination-side terminal reproduces content data that were transmitted from said server.

11. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 10, further comprising wherein after said termination-side terminal responds, said server transmits data, that were transmitted from the origination-side terminal that is said terminal that performs call origination, to said termination-side terminal.

12. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 9, further comprising wherein:

at said timing, said server reads said content data from said database and reproduction environment information indicating the reproduction environment of the content data that are stored together with said content data in said database;

at said timing, said server transmits said content data and reproduction environment information that were read to the origination-side terminal that is said terminal that performs call origination; and

at said timing, said origination-side terminal reproduces content data that were transmitted from said server based on said reproduction environment information.

13. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 12, said method further comprising wherein said server transmits to said origination-side terminal reproduction environment information of data that are transmitted from said termination-side terminal that is the terminal that is the communication partner of said origination-side terminal.

14. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 12, further comprising wherein, after the termination-side terminal that is the terminal that is the communication partner of said origination-side terminal responds, said server transmits to said origination-side terminal data that were transmitted from said termination-side terminal.

15. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 12, further comprising wherein said server uses SDP to process said reproduction environment information.

16. The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 9, further comprising wherein said server uses SIP to process said call process signals.