Providing calling party information in a request to establish a call session

• US 8,391,275 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Spherix Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Rockstar Consortium US LP (Rockstar Consortium Inc.)
• Inventors: Gilleland, Michael E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Krisna
• Application Number:
  US11/811,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20070242810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,097 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 379/143, 379/352, 370/143, 370/352, 370/235
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/22 Automatic class or number identification arrangements
• 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 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42229 Personal communication services, i.e. services related to one subscriber independent of his terminal and/or location diverting calls from one subscriber to another subscriber, i.e. two different subscriptions H04M3/54; selecting arrangements in intelligent networks H04Q3/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/51 Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention , e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5191 interacting with the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1307 Call setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13091 CLI, identification of calling line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13103 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13106 Microprocessor, CPU
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13175 Graphical user interface [GUI], WWW interface, visual indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13196 Connection circuit/link/trunk/junction, bridge, router, gateway
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13204 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13348 Channel/line reservation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 : LAN, internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0025 : Provisions for signalling
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 : Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for providing calling party information in a request to establish a call session. The method comprises receiving a call request from an entity to establish an interactive call session. The method comprises receiving information associated with the entity. The method further comprises providing the information in the call request.

Claims

1. An apparatus for use in a data network, comprising:

an interface to receive an invitation from a network device of a calling party over the data network to establish a call session, the invitation comprising a header portion and a body portion of the invitation; and

a controller communicatively coupled to the interface, the controller to provide information regarding past purchases of the calling party in the body portion of the invitation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to look up the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party from a storage unit based on data stored in the header portion of the invitation.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is adapted to look up the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party from a database stored in the storage unit.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to append the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party in the body portion of the invitation using at least one of a Session Initiation Protocol control gateway interface and Session Initiation Protocol servlet.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to append the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party in the body portion of the invitation.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the controller is adapted to update a content-length field in the header portion of the invitation based on at least the appended information regarding the past purchases of the calling party.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the controller is adapted to update a content-type field in the header portion of the invitation based on at least the appended information regarding the past purchases of the calling party.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is adapted to update the content-type field to indicate multipart/mixed type.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is adapted to display the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the invitation comprises a Session Initiation Protocol message, and wherein the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party is provided in the Session Initiation Protocol message.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the invitation comprises an Invite request, and wherein the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party is provided in the Invite request.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to forward the invitation comprising the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party to a presentation device.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to provide the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party as information of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions type.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the information of the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions type is selected from a group consisting of Java Enhanced Session Initiation Protocol, Hyper Text Markup Language, and Extensible Markup Language.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the past purchases of the calling party is information regarding a history of past purchases of the calling party.