Method and device for establishing a communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10143020-B2
Application number	US-201515318959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2015
Priority date	Jun 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

One embodiment relates to a method for establishing communication between at least one calling terminal and one called terminal, implemented by the calling terminal. The method comprises detecting the activation by the calling terminal of a request to establish a communication with the called terminal, obtaining a first piece of communication context information related to the calling terminal, and obtaining at least a second piece of communication context information related to the called terminal. The method also comprises determining a communication service to use in order to establish the requested communication with the called terminal, the determining being carried out from at least the first piece of communication context information and the second piece of communication context information, and sending, to the called terminal, a request for communication according to the determined communication service.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of establishing a communication between at least one caller terminal and a called terminal, comprising:
detecting, by the caller terminal, a user interaction requesting the establishment of a communication with the called terminal;
obtaining a first piece of communication context information relating to the caller terminal, said first piece of communication context information corresponding to information on connectivity of the caller terminal and/or to at least one communications application installed on the caller terminal;
obtaining at least a second piece of communication context information relating to the called terminal, said second piece of communication context information corresponding to information on connectivity of the called terminal and/or to at least one communications application installed on the called terminal;
determining a communication service to be used for establishing said requested communication with the called terminal, the determination being carried out based on at least the first piece of communication context information and the second piece of communication context information;
sending, to the called terminal, a communication request according to the communication service determined;
wherein, when the called terminal is connected to a third communications network which is different from a second communications network over which the communication service determined is implemented, the method further comprises sending, for the attention of the called terminal, a request for connection of the called terminal to the second communications network, such that the called terminal connects to the second communications network.

2. The method of establishing a communication as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when at least two communication services can be implemented between the caller terminal and the called terminal, the determination process comprises selecting, from among said communication services, a communication service supplying the best quality of service.

3. The method of establishing a communication as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when the caller terminal is connected to a first communications network which is different from a second communications network over which the communication service determined is implemented, the method further comprises connecting the caller terminal to the second communications network.

4. The method of establishing a communication as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when the request for establishing a communication is carried out for at least two modes of communication, the communication context information relating to the caller terminal comprises history information relating to a history of communications previously established between the caller terminal and the called terminal and the method further comprises determining a mode of communication as a function of said history information, the communication service being determined for the mode of communication determined.

5. A caller terminal configured to establish communication with a called terminal, said caller terminal being configured to:
detect a user interaction requesting the establishment of a communication with the called terminal;
obtain a first piece of communication context information, said first piece of communication context information corresponding to information on connectivity of the caller terminal and/or to at least one communications application installed on the caller terminal;
obtain a second piece of communication context information, said second piece of communication context information corresponding to information on connectivity of the called terminal and/or to at least one communications application installed on the called terminal;
determine, based on at least the first piece of communication context information and the second piece of communication context information, a communication service to be used for establishing a communication requested via the user interface; and
send, to the called terminal, a communication request according to the communication service determined;

wherein said caller terminal is further configured such that, when the called terminal is connected to a third communications network which is different from a second communications network over which the communication service determined is implemented, the caller terminal sends, for the attention of the called terminal, a request for connection of the called terminal to the second communications network, such that the called terminal connects to the second communications network.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause a caller terminal to perform a method of establishing communication with a called terminal, wherein the method comprises:
detecting, by the caller terminal, a user interaction requesting the establishment of a communication with the called terminal;
obtaining a first piece of communication context information relating to the caller terminal, said first piece of communication context information corresponding to information on connectivity of the caller terminal and/or to at least one communications application installed on the caller terminal;
obtaining at least a second piece of communication context information relating to the called terminal, said second piece of communication context information corresponding to information on connectivity of the called terminal and/or to at least one communications application installed on the called terminal;
determining a communication service to be used for establishing said requested communication with the called terminal, the determination being carried out based on at least the first piece of communication context information and the second piece of communication context information; and
sending, to the called terminal, a communication request according to the communication service determined;
wherein, when the called terminal is connected to a third communications network which is different from a second communications network over which the communication service determined is implemented, the method further comprises sending, for the attention of the called terminal, a request for connection of the called terminal to the second communications network, such that the called terminal connects to the second communications network.

Assignees

• Orange

Inventors

• Bouvet Bertrand
• Fauchoux Fabrice
• Salou Catherine
• Pirio Mathieu
• Moncomble Ghislain

Classifications

• H04M2215/42

  Least cost routing, i.e. provision for selecting the lowest cost tariff · CPC title

• H04M15/858

  Request users acknowledgement prior to use · CPC title

• H04M15/84

  Types of notifications · CPC title

• H04M15/85

  characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification · CPC title

• H04M15/8351

  before establishing a communication · CPC title