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

• US 9,544,441 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2015
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• 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:
  US14/796,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20150319311A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 709/245
• 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
• 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 having a first primary service communication facility for communication via a primary communication service providable via a first network and a first secondary service communication facility for communication via a secondary communication service providable via a second network assigned thereto, the first network being different from the second network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a second primary service communication facility, primary and secondary address information assigned to the first primary service communication facility and the first secondary service communication facility, respectively, in connection signaling sent from the first primary service communication facility to the second primary service communication facility sent to attempt to establish a voice communication connection between the first primary service communication facility and the second primary service communication facility, the primary address information identifying address information of the first primary service communication facility and the secondary address information identifying the secondary address information of the first secondary service communication facility, wherein the second primary service communication facility receives the secondary address information without access to data from an access or assignment table of an exchange;

identifying, by the second primary service communication facility, the received primary and secondary address information and storing them in a call log or an address book with mutual assignment, wherein address information for the second primary service communication facility is usable for at least one of addressing and network path control for connection signaling between the first primary service communication facility and the second primary service communication facility;

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 for responding to non-establishment of the voice communication connection sought to be established via the connection signaling; and

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

2. The method as recited by claim 1, wherein the primary communication service is provided for bidirectional voice communication that includes at least one of video and/or multimedia communication, and the secondary communication service is provided for unidirectional message transmission via text, voice, video and/or multimedia data.

3. The method as recited by claim 2, wherein the primary address information is represented by a call number or an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and the secondary address information is represented by an e-mail address.

4. The method as recited by claim 3, comprising:

the first primary service communication facility determining 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 recited by claim 4, wherein the second primary service communication facility stores the received primary and secondary address information with assignment to name information of the first subscriber.

6. The method as recited by 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 recited by claim 1, wherein the primary address information and the secondary address information is received in connection signaling via D-channel (delta channel) information elements, or via a subscriber to subscriber signaling segment of the ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) protocol, or via signaling messages of an IP-based protocol.

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

9. The method as recited by claim 8, wherein the secondary address information is marked such that the secondary address information is identifiable by the second primary service communication facility from the marking.

10. The method as recited by 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 the 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 the second network.

11. The method as recited by claim 1, wherein the secondary address information is received at the second primary service communication facility via the primary communication service in the connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility in a signaling segment for transmitting a display name of the first subscriber associated with the first primary service communication facility.

12. The method as recited by claim 1, further comprising one of:

refusing establishment of an incoming call signaled by the connection signaling and terminating establishment of the incoming call signaled by the connection signaling prior to establishment of the voice communication connection.

13. The method as recited by claim 1, wherein the data to be transmitted to the first subscriber via the secondary communication service comprises an e-mail, and wherein the method further comprises storing call-related data from the connection signaling and inserting the call-related data into the e-mail.

14. A communication system for transmitting data to a first subscriber having a first primary service communication facility for communication via a primary communication service of a first network and a first secondary service communication facility for communication via a secondary communication service of a second network assigned thereto, the second network being different from the first network, the system comprising:

a receive hardware device configured to receive primary and secondary address information assigned to the first primary service communication facility and the first secondary service communication facility, respectively, in connection signaling sent from the first primary service communication facility to a second primary service communication facility to attempt to establish a voice communication connection between the first primary service communication facility and the second primary service communication facility such that the secondary address information is receivable by the second primary service communication facility without access to data from an access or assignment table of an exchange, the first primary address information identifying the primary address information of the first primary service communication facility and the secondary address information identifying the secondary address information of the first secondary service communication facility;

an identification hardware device configured to identify the primary and secondary address information in the connection signaling received by the receive unit;

a storage control hardware device configured to store the primary and secondary address information identified by the identification hardware device in a call log or an address book; and

a stored secondary address information transferring hardware device configured to transfer 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 to be sent from the second secondary communication service facility to the first secondary communication service facility via the transferred secondary address information; and

wherein address information for the second primary service communication facility is usable for at least one of addressing and network path control for connection signaling between the first primary service communication facility and the second primary service communication facility.

15. The system as recited by claim 14, wherein the primary communication service is provided for bidirectional voice communication, the bidirectional voice communication including voice and at least one of video communication and multimedia communication, and the secondary communication service is provided for unidirectional message transmission via text, voice, video and/or multimedia data.

16. The system as recited by claim 14, wherein the primary address information is represented by a call number or an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and/or the secondary address information is represented by an e-mail address.

17. The system as recited by claim 14, wherein the storage control hardware unit is configured to store the received primary and secondary address information with assignment to name information of the first subscriber.

18. The system as recited by claim 14, wherein the secondary address information is received in the connection signaling via D-channel (delta channel) information elements, or via a subscriber to subscriber signaling segment of the ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) protocol, or via signaling messages of an IP-based protocol.

19. The system as recited by claim 14, wherein the secondary address information is marked such that the secondary address information is identifiable from the marking.

20. The system as recited by claim 14, wherein the receive hardware unit is configured to receive the secondary address information without access to an assignment table of any other device that identifies the secondary address information of the first secondary service communication facility.

21. The system as recited by claim 14, wherein the data to be transmitted to the first subscriber via the secondary communication service comprises an e-mail, wherein the storage control hardware device configured to store call-related data from the connection signaling and wherein the stored secondary address information transferring hardware device is configured to transfer the call-related data to the second secondary communication service facility for inserting the call-related data into the e-mail.

22. A communication terminal for transmitting data to a first subscriber having a first primary service communication facility for communication via a primary communication service of a first network and a first secondary service communication facility for communication via a secondary communication service of a second network assigned thereto, the first network differing from the second network, the communication terminal comprising:

a telephone receive hardware unit configured to receive connection signaling from the first primary service communication facility, the connection signaling configured to attempt to establish a voice communication connection, the connection signaling having primary address information assigned to the first primary service communication facility and secondary address information assigned to the first secondary service communication facility such that the secondary address information is receivable by the communication terminal without access to data from an access or assignment table of an exchange, the primary address information identifying primary address information of the first primary service facility and the secondary address information identifying the secondary address information of the first secondary service communication facility, wherein address information for a second primary service communication facility is usable for at least one of addressing and network path control for connection signaling between the first primary service communication facility and the second primary service communication facility;

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

a telephone storage control hardware unit configured to store with mutual assignment the primary and secondary address information identified by the telephone identification hardware unit in a call log or an address book; and

a telephone address transfer hardware unit configured to transfer the secondary address information stored by the telephone storage control hardware unit to a second secondary service communication facility that is configured to transmit the data from the secondary communication service to the first secondary service communication facility using the transferred secondary address information.

23. The communication terminal as recited by claim 22, wherein the second primary service communication service is configured to receive 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;

and

wherein the telephone address transfer hardware unit is configured to transfer the secondary address information stored by the telephone storage control hardware unit to the second secondary service communication facility after non-establishment of the voice communication connection.

24. The communication terminal as recited by claim 22, wherein the primary communication service is provided for bidirectional voice communication, the secondary communication service is provided for unidirectional message transmission via text, voice, video and/or multimedia data, and the telephone address transfer hardware unit is configured to transfer the secondary address information stored by the telephone storage control hardware unit to the second secondary service communication facility in response to non-establishment of the voice communication connection.

25. The communication terminal as recited by claim 22, wherein the primary address information is represented by a call number or an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and/or the secondary address information is represented by an e-mail address.

26. The communication terminal as recited by claim 22, wherein the telephone storage control hardware unit is configured to store the received primary and secondary address information with assignment to name information of the first subscriber.

27. The communication terminal as recited by claim 22, wherein the secondary address information is in a signaling segment provided for a purpose other than connection, and/or the secondary address information is marked such that the secondary address information is identifiable from the marking.

28. A second primary service communication facility for transmitting data to a first subscriber having a first primary service communication facility for communication via a primary communication service of a first network and a first secondary service communication facility for communication via a secondary communication service of a second network assigned thereto, the first network differing from the second network, the second primary service communication facility comprising:

a receive hardware unit configured to receive primary and secondary address information assigned to the first primary service communication facility and the first secondary service communication facility, respectively, in connection signaling sent from the first primary service communication facility to the second primary service communication facility to establish a voice communication connection such that the secondary address information is receivable by the second primary service communication facility without access to data from an access or assignment table of an exchange the primary address information identifying the primary address information of the first primary service communication facility, the secondary address information identifying the secondary address information of the first secondary service communication facility;

an identification hardware unit configured to identify the primary and secondary address information in the connection signaling received by the receive unit;

a storage control hardware unit configured to store the primary and secondary address information identified by the identification hardware device in a call log or an address book; and

a stored secondary address information transferring hardware device configured to transfer 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 be transmitted from the secondary communication service to the first secondary service communication facility using the transferred secondary address information; and

wherein address information for a second primary service communication facility is usable for at least one of addressing and network path control for connection signaling between the first primary service communication facility and the second primary service communication facility.

29. The second primary service communication facility as recited by claim 28, wherein the stored secondary address information transferring hardware device is configured to transfer the stored secondary address information from the second primary service communication facility to a second secondary service communication facility in response to non-establishment of the voice communication connection;

and

wherein the second primary service communication service is configured to receive 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.

30. The second primary service communication facility as recited by claim 28, 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.

31. The second primary service communication facility as recited by claim 28, wherein the primary address information is represented by a call number or an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and the secondary address information is represented by an e-mail address.

32. The second primary service communication facility as recited by claim 28, wherein the telephone storage control hardware unit is configured to store the received primary and secondary address information with assignment to name information of the first subscriber.

33. The second primary service communication facility as recited by claim 28, wherein the secondary address information is in a signaling segment that is marked such that the secondary address information is identifiable by the second primary service communication facility from the marking.