Method for Controlling User Number Displayed in the Conference Service Noticing Information

• US 20100185958A1
• Filed: 12/19/2007
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Shen, Min
• Application Number:
  US12/664,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20100185958A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/571 Blocking transmission of caller identification to called party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/6009 Personal information, e.g. profiles or personal directories being only provided to authorised persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42008 Systems for anonymous communication between parties, e.g. by use of disposal contact identifiers
• 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 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for controlling display of user number in the conference service notification message which is applied in IP multimedia subsystem, and the method comprises the following steps of: before sending the conference service notification message to the user equipment UE_A who subscribes the conference events in the conference, the conference service server determining whether the number information of other user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference is displayed in said conference service notification message sent to the said UE_A according to the UE_A'"'"'s authority value and the expectation values of the other user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference, the user expectation values indicate whether the users are willing to display their number information to other conference users, and said authority value indicates whether the user has the authority to receive the number information of other users.

Claims

1. A method for controlling display of a user number in a conference service notification message, applied in the Internet Protocol multimedia sub-system, comprising:

before a conference service server sending a conference service notification message to a UE_A subscribing conference events in a conference, determining by said conference service server whether to display in said conference service notification message to said UE_A number information of other user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference according to an authority of said UE_A and user expectation values of said other user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference, said user expectation values indicating whether users are willing to display the number thereof to other users in the conference, and said authority value indicating whether the user has an authority to receive number information of other users.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising steps of:

(1) determining by said conference service server the user expectation values of user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference and authority values of all conference users subscribing the conference events;

(2) when said conference service server sends the conference notification message to the conference users subscribing the conference events, displaying or hiding by said conference service server number information of the user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference according to the authority values of the conference users subscribing the conference events as well as the user expectation values of the user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein,

only when the authority values of the conference user subscribing the conference events indicate that the conference users are authorized to receive the number information of other users and the user expectation values of the user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference indicate that the user equipments are willing to display the number information thereof to other conference users, said conference service server displays in said conference service notification message the number information of the user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference.

4. A method of claim 2, wherein,

when the authority values of the conference users subscribing the conference events are not consistent with the user expectation values of the user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference, if levels of the authority values of the conference users are determined to meet the following conditions, said conference service server still displays the number information of the user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference:

the authority values of the conference users subscribing the conference events are in high level;

said conference users subscribing the conference events have an override authority.

5. A method of claim 4, wherein,

said the authority values of the conference users subscribing the conference events are in high level means that the users are users creating the conference or users specified by an operator, a conference service provider or a conference organizer.

6. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

setting the user expectation values and authority values by said conference service server, which comprises the following steps or any one thereof;

setting all conference users with a same expectation value or a portion of said all conference users with difference expectation values;

setting all conference users with a same authority value or a portion of said all conference users with different authority values.

7. A method of claim 6, wherein said conference service server provides a visiting interface for the conference users, operators, a conference service provider or conference organizers to set the authority values and/or expectation values for said conference users.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein said conference users set their own authority values in one of the following ways:

said conference users use the visiting interface offered by said conference service server to set the authority values thereof;

or use default authority values set by said conference service server;

said conference users set the authority values thereof based on whether the Originating Identity Presentation or Terminating Identity Presentation is activated.

9. A method of claim 8, further comprising:

when said conference users set the authority values thereof based on whether the Originating Identity Presentation or the Terminating Identity Presentation service is activated, determining by said conference users kinds of services of the users according to ways in which the users participate in the conference, and if said conference users participate in the conference in an active way, determining the authority values of said conference users based on whether said conference users activate said Terminating Identity Restriction;

if said conference users participate in the conference in a passive way, determining the authority values of said conference users based on whether said conference users activate the Originating Identity Presentation.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein said conference users set the user expectation values thereof in one of the following ways:

said conference users use the visiting interface offered by said conference service server to set the user expectation values thereof;

or use default user expectation values configured by said conference service server;

said conference users express expectation thereof based on whether the Originating Identity Restriction or Terminating Identity Restriction is activated.

in the process of establishing a call with said conference service server, said conference users use privacy headers to express the expectation thereof.

11. A method of claim 10, further comprising:

when said conference users express the expectation thereof based on whether the Originating Identity Restriction or Terminating Identity Restriction service is activated, determining by said conference users kinds of services of the users according to ways in which the users participate in the conference, and if said conference users participate in the conference in an active way, determining the expectation values of said conference users based on whether said users activate the Originating Identity Restriction;

if said conference users participate in the conference in a passive way, determining the expectation values of the users based on whether said users activate the Terminating Identity Restriction.

12. A method of claim 2, wherein said conference users set their own authority values in one of the following ways:

said conference users use the visiting interface offered by said conference service server to set the authority values thereof;

or use default authority values set by said conference service server;

said conference users set the authority values thereof based on whether the Originating Identity Presentation or Terminating Identity Presentation is activated.

13. A method of claim 12, further comprising:

when said conference users set the authority values thereof based on whether the Originating Identity Presentation or the Terminating Identity Presentation service is activated, determining by said conference users kinds of services of the users according to ways in which the users participate in the conference, and if said conference users participate in the conference in an active way, determining the authority values of said conference users based on whether said conference users activate said Terminating Identity Restriction;

if said conference users participate in the conference in a passive way, determining the authority values of said conference users based on whether said conference users activate the Originating Identity Presentation.

14. A method of claim 2, wherein said conference users set the user expectation values thereof in one of the following ways:

said conference users use the visiting interface offered by said conference service server to set the user expectation values thereof;

or use default user expectation values configured by said conference service server;

said conference users express expectation thereof based on whether the Originating Identity Restriction or Terminating Identity Restriction is activated.

in the process of establishing a call with said conference service server, said conference users use privacy headers to express the expectation thereof.

15. A method of claim 14, further comprising:

when said conference users express the expectation thereof based on whether the Originating Identity Restriction or Terminating Identity Restriction service is activated, determining by said conference users kinds of services of the users according to ways in which the users participate in the conference, and if said conference users participate in the conference in an active way, determining the expectation values of said conference users based on whether said users activate the Originating Identity Restriction;

if said conference users participate in the conference in a passive way, determining the expectation values of the users based on whether said users activate the Terminating Identity Restriction.