System, method and device supporting delivery of device-specific data objects

• US 20080310612A1
• Filed: 05/29/2008
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Camp, William O. JR., Bloebaum, Leland Scott
• Application Number:
  US12/128,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20080310612A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/215.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/401 wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/46 Arrangements for calling a number of substations in a predetermined sequence until an answer is obtained
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services

Abstract

A technique for supporting delivery of a data object used to alert a called party to a call from a calling party is described. The technique comprises receiving a call setup request from a calling communication device associated with the calling party. Next, a call setup is initiated with one or more called communication devices associated with the called party. In response to the call setup, a request for the data object for each of the one or more called communication devices is received. Finally, the data object is transferred to each of one or more called communication devices, wherein the data object is used by the one or more called communication devices to alert the called party to the call from the calling party.

Claims

1. A method for supporting delivery of a data object used to alert a called party to a call from a calling party, the method comprising:

receiving a call setup request from a calling communication device associated with the calling party; and

initiating a call setup with one or more called communication devices associated with the called party;

wherein initiating the call setup comprises sending to the one or more called communication devices one of;

an instruction to wait for one or more caller-originated alert signals; and

an instruction to download one or more caller-originated alert signals.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the call setup request comprises an identifier indicating one of the data object and the data object'"'"'s type, and wherein initiating the call setup further comprises sending the identifier to the one or more called communication devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the call setup request comprises an address where the data object is stored, and wherein initiating the call setup further comprises sending the address to the one or more called communication devices.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for the data object from one or more of the called communication devices in response to initiating the call setup; and

transferring the data object to each of the one or more of the called communication devices, wherein the data object is used by the one or more of the called communication devices to alert the called party to the call from the calling party.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein transferring the data object to each of the one or more of the called communication devices comprises selecting the data object in accordance with information on the capabilities of the each of the one or more called communication devices received with the request for the data object.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein transferring the data object to each of the one or more of the called communication devices further comprises selecting the data object in accordance with one or more of pre-stored preferences for the called party.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein transferring the data object to each of the one or more of the called communication devices comprises sequentially transferring the data object to each of the one or more of the called communication devices.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a request to a data object server for transfer of the data object to each of one or more of the called communication devices, wherein the data object is used by the one or more of the called communication devices to alert the called party to the call from the calling party.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the call setup request comprises an address where the data object is stored, and wherein sending the request to the data object server comprises addressing the request using the address.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein sending the request to the data object server comprises addressing the request using a default address stored in a user profile for the called party or the one or more called communication devices.

11. A communication server for supporting delivery of a data object used to alert a called party to a call from a calling party, the communication server comprising processing logic configured to:

receive a call setup request from a calling communication device associated with the calling party; and

initiate a call setup with one or more called communication devices associated with the called party;

wherein the processing logic is configured to initiate the call setup by sending to the one or more called communication devices one of;

an instruction to wait for one or more caller-originated alert signals; and

an instruction to download one or more caller-originated alert signals.

12. The communication server of claim 11, wherein the call setup request comprises an identifier indicating one of the data object and the data object'"'"'s type, and wherein the processing logic is further configured to initiate the call setup by sending the identifier to the one or more called communication devices.

13. The communication server of claim 11, wherein the call setup request comprises an address where the data object is stored and wherein the processing logic is further configured to initiate the call setup by sending the address to the one or more called communication devices.

14. The communication server of claim 11, wherein the processing logic is further configured to:

receive a request for the data object from one or more of the called communication devices in response to initiating the call setup; and

transfer the data object to each of the one or more of the called communication devices, wherein the data object is used by the one or more of the called communication devices to alert the called party to the call from the calling party.

15. The communication server of claim 14, wherein the processing logic is further configured to select the data object in accordance with information on the capabilities of the each of the one or more called communication devices received with the request for the data object.

16. The communication server of claim 15, wherein the processing logic is further configured to select the data object in accordance with one or more of pre-stored preferences for the called party.

17. The communication server of claim 14, wherein the processing logic is configured to transfer the data object to each of the one or more of the called communication devices sequentially.

18. The communication server of claim 11, wherein the processing logic is further configured to send a request to a data object server for transfer of the data object to each of one or more of the called communication devices, wherein the data object is used by the one or more of the called communication devices to alert the called party to the call from the calling party.

19. The communication server of claim 18, wherein the call setup request comprises an address where the data object is stored and wherein the processing logic is configured to send the request to the data object server request using the address.

20. The communication server of claim 18, wherein the processing logic is configured to send the request to the data object server request using a default address stored in a user profile for the called party or the one or more called communication devices.