The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for exchanging information in a communication system. More specifically, the invention relates to a communication system, which connects to a private or public data communication network and to a public or private telecommunication network.
The present evolution of data-communication is such that more and more users gain access to the Internet worldwide. Internet has become both a source of knowledge but also a market place for business, and it is attracting more and more users. Currently there is a high pressure on the data-communications industry to provide solutions that allow everyone to gain access to Internet. Broadband solutions are continuously developed and both local as well as national access networks are planned and launched. The presently most common method of modem access through the telecommunications network (e.g., the Public Switched Telecommunication Network, PSTN provider) is being replaced by other ways of access, with a possibility to higher data rates, e.g., through electric power lines or cable TV.
At the same time, the telecommunications industry is struggling another battle; that of providing mobility to each and every user. Traditionally, telecommunication has been focused on voice communication. With the increase of data communication however, other demands are arising (e.g., higher data rate transfer), but also new possibilities. Evolutions of mobile systems are presently in a period when more and more packet-based systems will be deployed. Packet switched systems has, in contrast to circuit switched systems, certain advantages when it comes to transfer of data-communication. In a packet switched system, a user is only utilizing a transmission resource when system control signaling or user information is transmitted. In a circuit switched system, a user is allocated a transmission resource continuously, even though no current transfer is active. Circuit switched systems has some obvious advantages in real-time voice communication, since it is difficult to predict the communication for real time transfer. For data-communication, it is not as important to predict the transmission resources required, since the demands on delay and delay variations are not as crucial to the communication quality as for voice. It is therefore possible to allow more users onto the transmission resources by allowing usage thereof only when there is something to transmit and leave the channel available for additional users otherwise.
One such system is the packet data evolution of the mobile communication system pursuant to the ETSI GSM specification, called General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). With GPRS, higher bit rates and more users may be allowed than what is possible today, when data communication is deployed on a circuit switched channel. GPRS is a step towards mobility for data communication users, in contrast to GSM, which is optimized for mobility for “traditional” telecommunication users, i.e., real-time voice communication users.
The data-communication run over the telecommunications networks today is usually initiated by an access to an Internet- or a mail server. A user logs on to a distant server and accesses the data-communications network through e.g., modem pools. The user dials up the modem pool and is therefrom connected to a server, from which access can be made to both local as well as global networks. Browsers like e.g., Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator are used to navigate on the Internet and switch between Internet pages or addresses. Users and institutions usually design their own data objects, or homepages, on an internal or external network that provides personal information or any other kind of information. Once connected to the data network a user may access these data objects by entering the correct address. The address is often selected by combining a node name in the network (e.g. server name) and an arbitrary text-string. Typically, it is not trivial to find a desired data object, since the text strings and server names are not obvious.
Addressing in a telecommunications network, e.g., when engaging in a voice or data communication is usually performed by entering a telephone number on a User Equipment (UE), like a mobile telephone or a terminal with a facsimile functionality. A telephone number is a, world-wide, unique addressing string. A calling party (A-party) dials the addressing string (B-number) to the called party (B-party). Dependent on what type of network the A-party is a subscriber on, the call request is routed through one or several public telecommunication networks to the correct addressee and the communication may begin. Other unique addressing strings are for example email addresses, IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, and sip (session initiation protocol) addresses.
The above principle also applies when a user wish to connect to the Internet from a computer connected to a telecommunications network. The user connects to a data-communications network by dialing a B-number to a modem pool, from which accessing the data-communications network is possible. There are no information or interaction possibilities with the called server other than this access opportunity.
Applicants have identified that there is a problem in the present way of accessing the Internet for specific data objects because of the non-obvious way of addressing data objects. There is further a need in the telecommunications industry to provide a simpler way of accessing the Internet and to guide a user by other means than a modem number to call, from where the user is left on her own to be further guided to the desired homepage or data object.
The present invention overcomes the above identified deficiencies of identifying and finding a data object and navigate between a set of data objects by applying a novel connection between a data-communications network and a telecommunications network or a novel connection between different services in a data communication network.
In one aspect of the present invention a technique for connecting a unique identifier of a B-party, such as a dialed B-party number, an internet address such as an email address, an IPv4 address, a sip address, or an IPv6 address, to a data object is described. A B-party can, for example, be a person, a fax, a mail server, a mail client, or homepage accesses. The connecting of a B-party number to a specific data object, hereafter referred to as phonepage, will allow an A-party direct access to information that a B-party wishes to display or process to a calling/connecting party. The phonepage resides in a memory in a telecommunications network, or in a memory in a data-communications network connected thereto. The phonepage may have a similar appearance to an Internet web page, but may also take other appearances such as being accoustic or a program. The displaying/processing of the phonepage may be made dependent upon the capabilities of the A-party user equipment.
Dependent on the type of equipment used by the A-party, the node storing the phonepages may, upon detection of type of equipment, select the most advantageous way of displaying a selected data object.
Also, dependent on the A-party user equipment, the phonepage may provide different levels of interaction possibilities, i.e., only display information, or be a fully interactive data object with a duplex communication between the A-party and the node housing the memory in which the phonepage is stored.
The phonepages may be configured to be displayed automatically or by indication from the A-party. In a variant of the invention also a B-party has the same capabilities of obtaining phonepages upon reception of a unique identifier of the A-party such as an A-number, A-party email address, IPv4 address, sip address, or IPv6 address, in conjunction with an incoming communication.
In another aspect of the present invention, a node in a data-communication or telecommunication system is described. The node consists of at least a data base memory including at least indications of the phonepages and upon access from a remote request, respond with said indication.
The transfer of the indication to a calling A-party may be dependent on type of connection and access technology used in the connection. For example in a connection where both circuit switched and packet switched communication is simultaneously possible, the indication may be transferred on a packet switched communication resource and, e.g., voice communication may be initiated on the circuit switched communication resource. In other types of connections, two data flows may be set-up on one or several simultaneous packet switched communication resources, e.g. speech and data transfer. Another example is when voice communication is initiated over a circuit switched communication resource and the phonepage indications are transferred over a packet switched channel with limited performance such as an SMS channel. In still another example two data communication channels are used, one for, for example, chat or email, the other for the phonepage indications.
According to the invention a method of retrieving an object to a first user communication application in connection with establishment of a communication service with a second user communication application comprises a number of steps in the first user communication application. In a first step determining an occurance of a triggering event. In a second step acquiring a communication service address associated with the triggering event. In a third step assembling a request for a data object associated with the communication service address, the request comprising at least two parameters, a first parameter representing the communication service address and a second parameter representing the determined triggering event. In a fourth step sending the request for the data object to a data object server. In a fifth step receiving the data object or an indication of the data object from the data object server in view of the parameters. In a sixth step processing the received data object or indication of the data object.
Preferably the type of communication service determines the data object server. Advantageously the communication service address is also associated with second user communication application. A parameter of the request can be a representation of a code indicating which communication types are available to the first user communication application. A parameter of the request can be a representation of a code indicating a priority of use of the communication types available to the first user communication application. A parameter of the request can be a representation of a code indicating the desired communication service with the second user communication application. The communication service address can be an access address of the first user equipment or an access address of the second user equipment. Either the first user communication application is an originating application and the second user communication application is a terminating application or the second user communication application is an originating application and the first user communication application is a terminating application. A parameter of the request can be a representation of a code indicating data bearer type. A parameter of the request can be a representation of a code indicating the type of the user equipment of the first or the second user communication application. A parameter of the request can be a representation of a code indicating an available and/or attached accessory. A parameter of the request can be a representation of a code indicating the version of the method. Preferably the request is encrypted before sending. Advantageously the received data object is encrypted and in that the step of processing comprises decryption of the data object. The triggering event can comprise an event of an outgoing communication being or is about to be initiated. Advantageously the step of determining a triggering event further determines if there are any additional triggering events during the time a communication is being conducted to thereby be able to initiate further data object requests during the communication. The triggering event can be an event of a designated button on a user equipment being pressed. A parameter of the request can be a representation of a code identifying a data object server, then the representation of a code identifying a data object server can represent a server name or a plain IP address.
According to the invention a telecommunication or data system comprises a first user equipment with a first user communication application, a second user equipment with a second user communication application, and a communication network to establish a communication service channel between the first user application and the second user application, and a data object server. The first user equipment is arranged to determine the occurance of a triggering event, acquire a communication service address associated with the triggering event, and assemble a request of a data object associated with the communication service address, the request comprising parameters suggested in the application to be at least two parameters, a first parameter representing the communication service address and a second parameter representing the determined triggering event, and is arranged to possibly optionally encrypt and then send the request for the data object to the data object server. Other sets of parameters can also be considered within the scope of the invention. The data object server is arranged to return the data object or an indication of the data object in view of the parameters to the first user application in response to the request. The first user equipment is arranged to receive the data object or the indication of the data object from the data object server and to then process the received data object or the indication of the data object.
According to the invention a method of retrieving an object in a first user equipment connectable via a first communication channel with a second user equipment comprises a number of steps. In a first step acquiring an address indication. In a second step determining the occurance of a triggering event assembling a request for an object associated with the address indication, the request comprising at least two parameters, a first parameter representing the acquired address indication and a second parameter representing the determined triggering event. In a third step sending the request for the object via a second communication channel to a data object server. In a fourth step receiving the data object or an indication of the object from the data object server in view of the parameters. And finally in a fifth step processing the received object or indication of the object.
In some versions of the method the first communication channel and the second communication channel are concurrent communication channels. In other versions of the method the first communication channel and the second communication channel are non-concurrent communication channels.
The first communication channel is can be either circuit switched communication or a packet switched communication channel and the second communication channel can be either a circuit switched communication channel or a packet switched communication channel.
The address indication can advantageously either be a telephone number, or an internet address such as an IP address, or an email address of the first user equipment and/or of the second user equipment.
In some versions of the method the first user equipment is an originating user equipment and the second user equipment is a terminating user equipment. In other versions of the method the second user equipment is a originating user equipment and the first user equipment is a terminating user equipment.
Advantageously a parameter of the request can be one or more of a representation of a code indicating home operator, a representation of a code indicating data bearer type, a representation of a code indicating the vendor, a representation of a code indicating the type of the user equipment, a representation of a code indicating an available and/or attached accessory such as a handsfree set, a chatboard, an mp3 player, a radio, a barcode reader, a PDA, and/or any blue tooth equipment, a representation of a code indicating if an accessory, eg. a handsfree accessory, such as a headset or a car handsfree set, is active or not (an active handsfree acessory will entail an audio data object), or a representation of a code indicating the version of the method.
Preferably request is encrypted before sending. Advantageously the received data object is encrypted and in that the step of processing comprises decryption of the data object.
A triggering event can be one or more of an event of an outgoing call being or is about to be initiated, an event of an addressed called party answering a call, an event of an addressed called party being busy, an event of an addressed called party not answering, an event of an addressed called party rejecting a call, an event of an incoming call being imminent or having just started, an event of a call being disconnected, an event of a call being conducted. A triggering event can also be one or more of a new cell in the public land mobile network (PLMN) has been selected, or the location of a subscriber has changed. Preferably when the address indication is a representation of the new cell or the location of the subscriber, and in that the requested data object is related to the new cell or the location of the subscriber such as a local advertisement. A triggering event can be that a new Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) operator is selected. Preferably when the address indication is a representation of the new Public Land Mobile Network operator, then the requested data object can be related to the new Public Land Mobile Network operator, such as comprising a pricelist of the new Public Land Mobile Network operator to be presented. A triggering event can be that a new country of registration is made. Preferably when the address indication is a representation of the new country of registration, then the requested data object is related to the new country.
In some versions of the method the step of determining a triggering event further determines if there are any additional triggering events during the time a call is being conducted to thereby be able to initiate further data object requests during the call.
Advantageously commercial information can be sold by calling a telephone number or accessing a homepage and the triggering event can then be payment completion, such as when the call is connected by means of the first communication channel or when the call is disconnected. Preferably the data object is either the commercial information or a representation of the commercial information.
The triggering event can be an event of a designated button on a user equipment being pressed. Then the address indication can for example be a telephone number or IPv6 address comprised in a list in the first user equipment. The address indication can be an address indication of either one of a missed incomming communication, an outgoing communication, or an incoming communication, the address indication being for example either a telephone number, an email address, an IPv4 address, a sip address, or an IPv6 address.
Advantageously a parameter of the request can be a representation of a code identifying a data object server. Then the representation of a code identifying a data object server preferably represents a server name or a plain IP address.
Whenever the first user equipment is not involved in a call or upon call completion, data objects can be obtained from the data object server and stored locally in the first user equipment to be readily available upon the next triggering event.
Advantageously a universal resource locator of the data object server is preprogrammed into the first user equipment.
In some versions of the method the data object server is at least logically divided into a name server and an object server, and in that the step of sending the request for the object via a second communication channel is sent to the name server. Then in some versions the step of receiving the indication of the object from the data object server can comprise a step of receiving the indication of the object from the name server, and then additionally that the step of processing the indication of the object comprises the steps of sending a request for the object to the object server by means of the received indication of the object, receiving the data object from the object server in view of the parameters, and processing the received object. Then in other versions the step of receiving the data object from further comprises the steps of the name server dispatching the request for the object to the object server, and receiving the data object from the object server in view of the parameters. A universal resource locator of the name server can preferably preprogrammed into the first user equipment.
In some versions, the received object or indication of the object is from a selection of data objects in dependence of an identity of the requester, e.g. a returned phonepage to a requester may take different appearances in dependence of who is requesting the phonepage.
In some versions, the received object comprises a sound which at least temporarily replaces, or is added to, a calling sound of the first user equipment. In other versions the received object comprises a sound, and in that a calling sound of the first user equipment is at least temporarily muted, the sound being rendered instead of the calling sound.
One embodiment of the invention is a stationary telephone comprising graphic possibilities, which telephone executes any version of the method according to the invention as described herein. Another embodiment of the invention is a mobile telephone comprising a central processing unit, a memory unit, and at least one display, which mobile telephone executes any version of the method according to the invention as described herein. A further emodiment of the invention is a mobile telephone comprising a central processing unit, a memory unit, a removable memory unit (e.g. a SIM card) and at least one display, which mobile telephone executes, preferably out of the removable memory unit, any version of the method according to the invention as described herein. Another embodiment of the invention is a mobile telephone comprising a central processing unit, a memory unit, and at least one display, which mobile telephone has downloaded the method according to any version of the method according to the invention as described herein, into the memory unit. Another embodiment of the invention is a data equipment comprising a central processing unit, a memory unit, and at least one display, such as a personal digital assistance device or a laptop computer, having mobile telephone capabilities or being connected to a mobile telephone, which data equipment executes the method according to any version of the method according to the invention as described herein.
According to the invention a telecommunication system or a data system comprises a first user equipment, a second user equipment, and a communication network to establish a first communication channel between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, and a data object server. The first user equipment is arranged to acquire an address indication, determine the occurance of a triggering event, and assembling a request of an object associated with the address indication. The request comprises parameters suggested in the application to be at least two parameters, a first parameter representing the acquired address indication and a second parameter representing the determined triggering event. Other sets of parameters can also be considered within the scope of the invention. The first user equipment is arranged to optionally encrypt and send the request of an object via a second communication channel to the data object server. The data object server is arranged to return the data object or an indication of the data object in view of the parameters to the first user equipment via the second communication channel in response to the request. The first user equipment is arranged to receive the data object or the indication of the data object from the data object server and to then process the received data object or the indication of the data object.
The invention will now be more thoroughly described and features and advantages will become readily apparent by reading the following detailed description, where references will be made to the accompanying figures, where:
The present invention will now be described with references to a telecommunications system based on GSM as a circuit switched communication system and GPRS as a packet switched communications system. It should however be noted that the embodiments described are to be considered exemplary and that other packet and/or circuit switched systems may equally well be considered for both data and voice communication. Voice communication, email communication, fax access, and HTTP downloading can be transported over circuit switched as well as packet switched systems. Both fixed as well as mobile circuit and packet switched systems with any suitable access technology, e.g., Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Time Division Duplex (TDD), Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) or any combinations thereof can be used. The invention is not restricted to any specific type of communications network or access technology. The desired communication to be set-up can be either voice or data, e.g. to a facsimile or a data access to an IPv6 addressable device such as a thermostat. An A-party and a B-party can, for example, access and be accessed by a telephone number, an email address, an IPv4 address, a sip address, or an IPv6 address.
The data network, 120, typically includes one or several routers (not illustrated) and data bridges such that several nodes may be interconnected and communicate with each other. The data network used in connection to the present invention also includes a data object server, 130. Typically, a plurality of data object servers are included in a data network, although, for reasons of explanation and clarity, only one data object server, 130, is illustrated in
Examples of data networks are Internet and Intranet networks. The UE, 100, may obtain a complete logical connection 171 to an indicated B-party telephone, 150, connected to the PSIN, 140, through the CS communication channel, 161, provided between the UE, 100, and the BSS, 112, and further via the MSC node, 118, over which conversation may be conducted between either party UE 100 and telephone 150. Similarly, the UE, 100, may obtain a complete logical connection 172 to equipment, e.g., data object server, 130, connected to the data network, 120, through the PS communication channel, 162, provided between the UE, 100 and the BSS, 112, and further via the SGSN-, 114 and GGSN, 116, node, over which data may be sent between either party UE 100 and data object server 130.
According to one aspect of the present invention a data object server, 130, includes graphical information objects, i.e., phonepages, associated to an address indication such as a telephone number, or an internet address such as an IPv6 address. The telephone number is identical to a subscriber number, i.e., an A- or B number, addressing an originating user equipment or a terminating user equipment, respectively. The A-party, upon dialing a B-number, connects to a data object server, 130, by way of PS communication channel and receives a data object, i.e., a “phonepage” stored in a memory position in the data object server, with a memory address corresponding to the B-number dialed. The data object server may comprise the phonepage with information about the B-party directly, or it may simply provide an immediate access to a location in an internal or external data network as maintained by the B-party subscriber, i.e. the object server 130 first functions as a number server providing a translation of the provided B-number to a corresponding URI where the phonepage resides, which may be at a physically separated phonepage object server. The translation and provision of the actual requested phonepage can be either transparent, i.e. the phonepage number server forwards, or dispatches, the phonepage request to an appropriate phonepage object server, which phonepage object server communicates directly, or indirectly via the name server, to the requester, or the phonepage number server returns the URI of the requested phonepage to the requester after which the requester will be redirected by using the URI to request the desired phonepage.
The B-party phonepage may comprise information regarding a B-party user, e.g., phone number, address and/or other information. The B-party phonepage may also comprise information regarding the addressed B-party's user equipment, which, for example, can be a fax. After having received the B-party phonepage, one or several procedures may follow. If the B-number is addressing a POT, 150, a circuit switched voice connection may be setup. If the B-number is addressing another device, other events, such as when a payservice is used, may occur. This is of course also dependent upon the A-party device, UE, 100, used.
According to another aspect of the present invention a phonepage can be associated with an internet address such as an IPv6 address, sip address or an email address. For example, an A-party, upon setting up a communication link with a web-page to a thermostat of his or her summer house to thereby control/check the temperature, will receive a data object which, for example, identifies the thermostat and comprises a link to the manufacturers home page, and/or other communication means to the manufacturer. In another example, an A-party desires to set up a conference call by means of a conference telephone located in a conference room. Upon initiation of the communication, the A-party will receive a data object which is linked to the conference telephone by means of its telephone number, http address or IP address. The data object, the conference telephone's phonepage, can suitably comprise information concerning the locality of the conference phone, the size of the conference room, and/or a booking schedule. In still another example, an A-party desires to transfer a facsimile. Upon choosing or initiating transmission to a fax-machine, the phonepage of the fax machine is requested and returned to the A-party. A phonepage of a fax machine might comprise information concerning the locality of the fax, whose fax machine it is, and/or who has access to the fax machine. In still a further example, an A-party desires to transfer an email to a B-party. Then, upon choosing or writing the email address, i.e. perhaps even before a message is composed, the phonepage of the email address is requested and returned to the A-party. A phonepage of an email address might comprise information concerning the owner, the B-party user, of the email address, other means of communication with the owner, and/or schedule or availability of the owner. A phonepage is a data object that is linked to a unique identifier such as a telephone number or an internet address such as an IPv6 address, but not located or retrieved from the place that the unique identifier identifies.
In a variant of the present invention, the UE, 100, does not support the use of a PS communication channel whereby data objects can be retrieved by other means, such as a Short Message Service (SMS) or a temporary CS communication channel. The data objects retrieved can in some cases be just the URIs to a desired phonepage which is presented by means of a SMS. In cases when the reception of a SMS is used as a triggering event, the user equipment can scan the incomming SMS, and if any URI is found, then start a browser with the received URI. In a variant of the present invention, a PS communication channel, for example having a particular QoS, is used for conveying speech within the communication system 10 whereby the PSTN, 140, and the data network, 120, is interconnected by some means (not shown in
As mentioned, several triggering events during a call can generate requests for phonepages. There can be a greeting phonepage which is used before voice or other communication is commenced, one or more phonepages (which may be pushed, i.e. ordered/sent by the other party) during the conversation/communication and a final goodbye phonepage in connection with termination of the voice or data communication. All the phonepages can be retrieved before the voice or data communication commences and cached in respective user equipment, both on the originating and terminating side. Caching of phonepages in the respective user equipment is especially suitable if one or both of the user equipment does not support simultaneous voice and data communication.
The A-party initiates a request in step 230, possibly after encryption in step 220, and sends this request via a communication channel, (e.g., packet switched as illustrated in
The data object request in 230 may, according to a variant of the invention, be answered by the data object server in an encrypted format, in which case a decryption in step 250 follows the reception of the response, at step 240, in the user equipment.
If the data objects received at step 240 comprise one or more phonepages then in the next step follows a rendering procedure in step 260, where the data objects are displayed and/or voiced according to the capability of the UE after which the procedure is ended in step 299. As an example, if a handsfree equipment of a recipient user equipment is active, then it is suitable to at least use the audio interface as a complement to any displayed information. A phonepage can comprise information and functionality for updating a phone book in the recipient user equipment or SIM card. Suitably any updating is only done after acceptance of the recipient. According to one embodiment of the invention, the first time a call is made to or received from someone who does not exist in a phonebook of the user equipment, then upon reception of a phonepage comprising name and other information, an inquiry is put to a user of the user equipment whether an entry with one or more parts of the information received should be added to the phonebook.
Typically after step 299, there will follow one or several procedures according to the capability of the A-party UE or the type of equipment addressed by a B-number or other address indication.
According to one of the above mentioned embodiments, where a continues triggering event is that a call is conducted, special advantages may be relevant, e.g. commercial information may be sold in response to a dialed B-number allowing easy payment for information received by means of a phonepage. Single issues of a magazine can be sold by calling a pay-number, the originators phonepage giving the name and address to send the magazine. Information that is retrivable by means of a password or the like can be sold by calling a pay-number and receiving a phonepage in return with any paid-for password or the like, suitably when the call is terminated or is ongoing.
The request in step 310 may also include an indication of a UE display capability, in which case the data object may be adapted in the data object server to a specific rendering capability, step 340, of a receiving UE. The request in step 310 may also include an indication of an identity, e.g. a telephone number, of the requester, in which case a returned phonepage or phonepages can be from a selection of phonepages in dependence of the identity of the requester. If the request was encrypted, or if requested for some other reason, the data object will be encrypted in step 350 before it is returned to the requesting UE, in step 360 and then the procedure is ended in the data object server in step 699.
The above described general solution to obtain a data object connected to an address indication may of course be varied in a number of different ways, depending on, e.g., the capabilities of communication of the UEs involved. For example, a method of simultaneously requesting, encrypting, obtaining, decrypting and rendering a sequence of data objects can also be applied in a variant of the present invention.
User equipment, like mobile stations, are today developed to handle both packet switched and circuit switched communication simultaneously. These are generally referred to as class A mobile stations. Other mobile station design allows packet switched and circuit switched communication alternatively, i.e., no simultaneous PS and CS transmission and reception. These are generally referred to as class B mobile stations.
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For the circuit switched procedures, a voice connection with a B-party is initiated in step 430, a communication resource is assigned by a mobile network over which a telephone conversation may take place. The telephone conversation is ended in step 440 as any ordinary voice call, for example by pressing a designated button on the mobile station or hanging up a handheld part of a fixed network telephone. Ending the call also involves de-allocation of relevant communication resources within the circuit switched part of the mobile communication network as well as e.g., any PSTN resources involved in the connection.
The packet switched procedures basically follow the procedures described in connection to
As mentioned above, a class B type mobile station cannot handle two simultaneous connections, one packet and one circuit switched, so for some events another approach to retrieve a phonepage is then necessary when setting up a circuit switched voice connection
If it is indicated that a phonepage is desired, then the following steps are to encrypt, 530, and send, 535, a data object request on a packet switched communication channel. As long as the packet session is not interrupted, 540, the download of data object continues to the A-party. Data objects are received in step 570, decrypted, if encrypted, in step 580 and rendered in step 590. In step 595 the data objects are detected and as long as there is more information to receive, step 595, and there is no interruptions in step 540, the data download continues. A possible interrupt may occur, e.g., when a user wishes to no longer wait for a complete download of a phonepage and instead initiates the circuit switched communication in step 550. This may be initiated by a time expiring or by manually indicating on a man-machine interface (MMI). At the latest, the circuit switched communication is initiated when there is no more phonepage data to download. According to another embodiment of the present invention the phonepages for a class B UE is obtained from the data object server, 130, upon call completion or whenever the UE is not involved in a call, and is stored locally in the UE being readily available upon a next triggering event.
So far, the retrieval of phonepages to display in an A-party equipment has been addressed. It should be recognized that a B-party may similarly also display a phonepage related to a connection, preferably a phonepage identified with the A-party number. In
If the call is answered in 630, the voice connection may follow the same procedures as those described in relation to
For reasons of clarification, several steps in the signaling between the UE 100 and the communication infrastructure 110; between the UE 100 and the data object server 130; have been omitted, in several embodiments above, and focus has been put on the necessary and novel steps according to the invention, in the aforementioned signaling. It should be understood that other procedures (e.g. authentication, channel assignment and charging) might occur in addition to what has been described in the aforementioned signaling.
According to a variant of the invention the blocks 810, 820, 830, 840, 850 and 860 may be implemented on a plurality of computers. According to another variant of the present invention, the said plurality of computers may be located at a substantial distance.
B-number indication involves any means of indicating a B-number in an A-party UE. A first example of B-number indication procedure is described with reference to
A second example of B-number indication is by means of voice detection, whereby an incoming talk spurt is successfully matched with an entry in an internal database contained in a UE 100, whereby a valid B-number could be obtained in response to the aforementioned talk spurt.
A-number indication involves any means of indicating an A-number to a said UE 100. A first example of A-number indication procedure is described with reference to
A second example of A-number indication is by means of sending an A-number or data objects in response to an A-number directly on a logical data communication link 162.
The functionality of the present invention can either be preprogrammed into a user equipment or be loaded or downloaded into the user equipment. Alternatively a network operator may provide the application in a SIM card that is provided to the users for access to the a network.
Basically the invention can be said to provide an association between address indications such as telephone numbers to a data object such as an Internet address pointing to a phonepage. When a user dials a telephone number, an Internet address associated with for example the telephone number, is automatically obtained and the content located at the Internet address (i.e. the phonepage) is automatically downloaded and displayed on the user's telephone. At the same time, the user's own phonepage will be downloaded and displayed on the called party's telephone. Besides being associated with a telephone number (possibly both the owner's and also the requester's, giving a possibility to send different phonepages in dependence of who is requesting/receiving them), a phonepage is also associated with a particular event. Examples of such events are when the user dials a telephone number, answers a call, receives an incomming call or when a dialed number is busy. A user can have several different phonepages, each associated with one or several events. This allows a user to provide different types of information to other users depending on the situation. One useful example is the posibility for a user to provide additional information (such as an e-mail address) if he or she is busy or do not answer. In short the invention can be exemplified by:
This application is a U.S. national stage application of international patent application PCT/SE2001/000079, filed Jan. 18, 2001, and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to provisional patent application U.S. 60/176,806, filed Jan. 19, 2000, and also claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 to and is a continuation of patent application U.S. Ser. No. 09/644,307, filed Aug. 23, 2000.
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