DETERMINATION OF PERSONA INFORMATION AVAILABILITY AND DELIVERY ON PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS

• US 20110090901A1
• Filed: 07/15/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Baratz, Alan Edward, Siddiqui, Anwar A., Buford, John F., Bartolo, Anthony Frank, Govindarajan, Jayesh, Deshpande, Vyankatesh Balaji
• Granted Patent: US 9,614,905 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4535 using an address exchange platform which sets up a session between two nodes, e.g. rendezvous servers, session initiation protocols [SIP] registrars or H.323 gatekeepers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4547 for personal communications, i.e. using a personal identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• 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 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• 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 7/0063 where the network is a peer-to-peer network

Abstract

A method of operating a communication system to establish communication sessions between an origination network and a peer-to-peer network comprises receiving session signaling to establish a session between an origination device in the origination network and a destination node in the peer-to-peer network, wherein the session signaling includes a participant identifier associated with the origination device. The method further comprises processing the participant identifier to determine if persona information that identifies an originating participant and an entity associated with the originating participant is available for display by a destination device registered as the destination node on the peer-to-peer network and, if the persona information is available, transferring the persona information for delivery to and display by the destination device to a destination participant. The method further comprises establishing the session over the origination network and the peer-to-peer network and exchanging user communications for the session between the origination device and the destination device.

Claims

1. A method of operating a communication system to establish communication sessions between an origination network and a peer-to-peer network, the method comprising:

receiving session signaling to establish a session between an origination device in the origination network and a destination node in the peer-to-peer network, wherein the session signaling includes a participant identifier associated with the origination device;

processing the participant identifier to determine if persona information that identifies an originating participant and an entity associated with the originating participant is available for display by a destination device registered as the destination node on the peer-to-peer network and, if the persona information is available, transferring the persona information for delivery to and display by the destination device to a destination participant;

establishing the session between the origination device and the destination device over the origination network and the peer-to-peer network; and

exchanging user communications for the session between the origination device and the destination device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the participant identifier comprises caller identification information.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the participant identifier comprises a session initiation protocol (SIP) user identifier.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the participant identifier comprises a mobile station identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication session comprises a voice call and wherein the user communications comprise voice communications.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein origination network comprises a public switched telephone network (PSTN).

7. The method of claim 1 wherein origination network comprises a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) network.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the persona information comprises a service handle that identifies the originating participant and a graphic that identifies the entity.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the service handle has a format comprising participant_name@entity_name.suffix, wherein participant_name identifies the originating participant and wherein entity_name identifies the entity.

10. A communication system to establish communication sessions between an origination network and a peer-to-peer network, the system comprising:

a gateway system configured to receive session signaling to establish a session between an origination device in the origination network and a destination node in the peer-to-peer network, wherein the session signaling includes a participant identifier associated with the origination device, process the participant identifier to determine if persona information that identifies an originating participant and an entity associated with the originating participant is available for display by a destination device registered as the destination node on the peer-to-peer network and, if the persona information is available, transfer the persona information for delivery to and display by the destination device to a destination participant, wherein the session is established between the origination device and the destination device over the origination network and the peer-to-peer network, and wherein user communications for the session are exchanged between the origination device and the destination device.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein origination network comprises a public switched telephone network (PSTN).

12. A computer readable medium having program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a communication system, direct the communication system to:

receive session signaling to establish a session between an origination device in the origination network and a destination node in the peer-to-peer network, wherein the session signaling includes a participant identifier associated with the origination device;

process the participant identifier to determine if persona information that identifies an originating participant and an entity associated with the originating participant is available for display by a destination device registered as the destination node on the peer-to-peer network and, if the persona information is available, transfer the persona information for delivery to and display by the destination device to a destination participant;

establish the session between the origination device and the destination device over the origination network and the peer-to-peer network; and

exchange user communications for the session between the origination device and the destination device.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the participant identifier comprises caller identification information.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the participant identifier comprises a session initiation protocol (SIP) user identifier.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the participant identifier comprises a mobile station identifier.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the communication session comprises a voice call and wherein the user communications comprise voice communications.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein origination network comprises a public switched telephone network (PSTN).

18. The computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein origination network comprises a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) network.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the persona information comprises a service handle that identifies the originating participant and a graphic that identifies the entity.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19 wherein the service handle has a format comprising participant_name@entity_name.suffix, wherein participant_name identifies the originating participant and wherein entity_name identifies the entity.