Method and telecommunication system for initiating an enhanced communication connection

• US 9,756,188 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2004
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: den Hartog, Jos, Taori, Rakesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Hamza, Faruk
• Assistant Examiner(s): DECKER, CASSANDRA L
• Application Number:
  US11/568,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20080069084A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,866 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0057 Services where the data services network provides a telephone service in addition or as an alternative, e.g. for backup purposes, to the telephone service provided by the telephone services network

Abstract

The invention relates generally to a method for initiating an enhanced communication connection, between a calling party (A) and a called party (B), within a telecommunication network system comprising multiple interconnected networks, said enhanced communication connection comprising a circuit switched connection and a packet-switched connection, the method according to the invention is characterized in the steps of processing the setting up of said circuit-switched connection and said packet-switched connection based on one single response invoked by said called party (B). In one embodiment of the method the single response could be the pressing of a button or the selection of a displayed icon on a terminal.

Claims

1. A method for initiating a communication connection between a calling party and a called party within a telecommunication network system comprising multiple interconnected networks, said method comprising the steps of:

initiating, in a circuit-switched network of the telecommunication network system, a circuit-switched connection between the calling party and the called party, and initiating, in a packet-switched network of the telecommunication network system, a packet-switched connection between the calling party and the called party;

alerting a circuit-switched part of a terminal of said called party with a first alert signal about the initiation of said circuit-switched connection;

alerting a packet-switched part of the terminal of said called party with a second alert signal about the initiation of said packet-switched connection;

after alerting said called party with said first and second alert signals, receiving a circuit-switched response at the circuit-switched network and a packet-switched response at the packet-switched network, both the circuit-switched and packet-switched responses being triggered by a single response received at the terminal from the called party at one of the circuit-switched part and the packet-switched part of the terminal in response to said first and second alert signals; and

based on the single response, indicating to the other one of the circuit-switched part and the packet-switched part of the terminal whether the terminal accepts establishment of a corresponding one of the circuit-switched or packet-switched connections,

wherein the circuit-switched and packet-switched responses indicate to the respective circuit-switched and packet-switched networks;

whether the circuit-switched part of the terminal accepts establishment of said circuit-switched connection, and

whether the packet-switched part of the terminal accepts establishment of said packet-switched connection.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of accepting one of said circuit-switched connection or packet-switched connection and refusing said other one of said circuit-switched connection or packet-switched connection based on said single response.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

invoking one of said circuit-switched response or said packet-switched response based on said single response and invoking said other of said circuit-switched response or packet-switched response upon determining said one of said circuit-switched response or packet-switched response has been invoked.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of invoking said other of said circuit-switched response or packet-switched response in the terminal of said called party.

5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of

invoking said other of said circuit-switched response or packet-switched response in the telecommunication network system.

6. A telecommunications system for initiating a communication connection between a calling party and a called party, the called party having a communications terminal capable of participating in a circuit-switched connection and a packet-switched connection, said telecommunications system comprising:

multiple interconnected networks,

wherein said telecommunications system is adapted for;

initiating a circuit-switched connection and a packet-switched connection via separate ones of said multiple interconnected networks;

alerting a circuit-switched part of the communications terminal of said called party about the initiating of said circuit-switched connection using a first alert signal and alerting a packet-switched part of the communications terminal of said called party about the initiating of said packet-switched connection using a second alert signal; and

receiving a circuit-switched response at one of said multiple interconnected networks and a packet-switched response at another of said multiple interconnected networks, both the circuit-switched and packet-switched responses being triggered by a single response received from the called party at the terminal at one of the circuit-switched part and the packet-switched part of the communications terminal in response to said first and second alert signals; and

based on the single response, indicating to the other one of the circuit-switched part and the packet-switched part of the communications terminal whether the communications terminal accepts establishment of a corresponding one of the circuit-switched or packet-switched connections,

wherein the circuit-switched and packet-switched responses indicate to the respective first and second ones of said multiple interconnected networks;

whether the packet-switched part of the terminal accepts establishment of said packet-switched connection, and

whether the circuit-switched part of the terminal accepts establishment of said circuit-switched connection.

7. The telecommunications system according to claim 6, wherein said telecommunications system is adapted for invoking one of the circuit-switched response or the packet-switched response based on said single response and invoking said other of said circuit-switched response or packet-switched response upon determining said one of said circuit-switched response or packet-switched response has been invoked.

8. The telecommunications system according to claim 7, wherein said telecommunications system is adapted for the invoking of said other of said circuit-switched response or packet-switched response in the communications terminal of said called party.

9. The telecommunications system according to claim 7, wherein said telecommunications system is adapted for the invoking of said other of said circuit-switched response or packet-switched response in the telecommunications system.

10. A telecommunications device for use in a telecommunications system, the telecommunications system being configured for initiating a communication connection between a calling party and a called party associated with the telecommunications device, said telecommunications device comprising:

a circuit-switched part adapted for receiving a first alert signal alerting the called party about initiation of a circuit-switched connection between the calling party and the called party; and

a packet-switched part adapted for receiving a second alert signal alerting the called party about initiation of a packet-switched connection between the calling party and the called party,

wherein said telecommunications device is adapted for;

detecting a single response from said called party after the receipt of and in response to the first and second alert signals;

generating a signal in one of said circuit-switched part or packet-switched part of the telecommunications device, triggered by said single response;

transmitting said generated signal to the other of said circuit-switched part or packet-switched part, said generating signal indicating to the other of said circuit-switched part or packet-switched part whether said called party accepts establishment of a corresponding one of the circuit-switched or packet-switched connections;

transmitting a circuit-switched response and a packet-switched response to the telecommunications system, both the circuit-switched and packet-switched responses being triggered by said single response,

wherein the circuit-switched and packet-switched responses indicate to the telecommunications system;

whether the packet-switched part of the terminal accepts establishment of said packet-switched connection, and

whether the circuit-switched part of the terminal accepts establishment of said circuit-switched connection.

11. The telecommunications device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said telecommunications device is adapted for accepting both the circuit-switched connection and the packet-switched connection based on said generated signal.

12. The telecommunications device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said telecommunications device is adapted for refusing both the circuit-switched connection and the packet-switched connection based on said generated signal.