Provision of caller information

• US 10,075,586 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2015
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telia Company AB
• Original Assignee: Telia Company AB
• Inventors: Glod, Thomas, Seppanen, Juho
• Primary Examiner(s): Karikari, Kwasi
• Application Number:
  US15/524,110
• Publication Number:
  US 20170331950A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4211 where the identifier is used to access a profile

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing information relating to a subscriber A in a call connection establishment initiated by the subscriber A to a subscriber B. The method includes the steps of: receiving a call connection in a connection control unit; initiating a query to a server; obtaining information relating to the subscriber A from a database; and providing the obtained information relating to the subscriber A to the subscriber B. Also disclosed is a system and a server implementing at least some steps of the method.

Claims

1. A method for providing information relating to a subscriber A in a call connection establishment initiated by the subscriber A to a subscriber B, the method comprising:

receiving a call connection in a connection control unit,

initiating, by the connection control unit, a query to a server, the query comprising identity information on the subscriber A and the subscriber B,

obtaining information, by the server, relating to the subscriber A from a database,

receiving, by the server, an indication on a state of the call connection establishment from the connection control unit, and

providing, by the server, the obtained information relating to the subscriber A to the subscriber B by using the identity information on the subscriber B in response to a detection that the state of the call connection establishment matches to a predefined state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprising a step of acknowledging the connection control unit on at least one of the following:

receipt of query in the server, obtainment of information from the database.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprising a step of initiating the call connection, by the connection control unit, to subscriber B in response to the acknowledgement by the server.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the indication is established in response to a receipt of information from the subscriber B by the connection control unit.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the predefined state is a ringing state.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprising a step of canceling the provision of the obtained information if the state of the call connection deviates from the predefined state.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the provision of the obtained information relating to the subscriber A to the subscriber B by the server is performed either directly or indirectly through another server.

17. The method of claim 2, wherein the provision of the obtained information relating to the subscriber A to the subscriber B by the server is performed either directly or indirectly through another server.

18. The method of claim 3, wherein the provision of the obtained information relating to the subscriber A to the subscriber B by the server is performed either directly or indirectly through another server.

8. A system for providing information relating to a subscriber A in a call connection establishment initiated by the subscriber A to a subscriber B, the system comprising:

a connection control unit configured to control the call connection establishment, and

a server configured to obtain the information relating to the subscriber A in response to a query from the connection control unit and configured to deliver the obtained information to the subscriber B in response to a detection that the state of the call connection establishment matches to a predefined state.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the system further comprising a database maintaining the information on the subscriber A.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the obtainment of information relating to the subscriber A is based on identity information of subscriber A and subscriber B, wherein the identity information is carried in the system.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the connection control unit is at least one of the following:

mobile switching center, intelligent network, IP multimedia subsystem.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the system further comprising an external server through which the server is configured to deliver the obtained information to the subscriber B.

13. A server for providing information relating to a subscriber A in a call connection establishment initiated by the subscriber A to a subscriber B, the server comprising

at least one processor, and

at least one memory storing at least one portion of computer program code,

the processor being configured to cause the server at least to perform:

receive a query from a connection control unit, the query comprising identity information on the subscriber A and the subscriber B,

obtaining information relating to the subscriber A from a database,

receiving an indication on a state of the call connection establishment from the connection control unit, and

providing the obtained information relating to the subscriber A to the subscriber B by using the identity information on the subscriber B in response to a detection that the state of the call connection establishment matches to a predefined state.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein the server is further configured to acknowledge the connection control unit on at least one of the following:

receipt of query, obtainment of information from the database.

15. The server of claim 13, wherein the server is further configured to cancel the provision of the obtained information if the indicated state of the call connection deviates from the predefined state.

16. The server of claim 13, wherein the server is configured to deliver the obtained information relating to the subscriber A to the subscriber B through an external server.