Additional information on a caller
AssigneeSalmela-Invest Oy
InventorsTuomas Kärkkäinen, Ossi Kalevo
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Abstract
To provide a called one with information on the caller, a reference to a resource containing real-time or near-real-time information relating to the caller, or information deduced using the real-time or near-real-time information, or the real-time or near-real-time information, or the information deduced using the real-time or near-real-time information, is transmitted with a connection establishment request, and the information in the resource or the received information is displayed to the called one before the requested connection is established so that the called one can make a decision whether or not to answer the call.
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A method for a called party apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving in the called party apparatus, over a one-way connection, both a message indicating a connection establishment request for a two-way connection from a calling party apparatus and caller information, the caller information being either a reference to a resource comprising content or the content, the content comprising a real-time video stream of a user of the calling party apparatus, captured and sent in real-time in a continuous manner by the calling party apparatus, at least as long as the connection establishment request is pending;
- outputting the received real-time continuous video stream and providing an indication of the connection establishment request via a user interface of the called party apparatus;
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- in response to receiving a user input indicating a connection establishment acceptance, establishing the two-way connection.
A method for a calling party apparatus, the method comprising:
- detecting in the calling party apparatus a user input indicating a request to establish a two-way connection to a called party apparatus;
- the calling party apparatus being configured to start capturing, in a continuous manner, a real-time video of a user of the calling party apparatus, and send the captured video in real-time in a video stream over a one-way connection to the called party apparatus;
- sending with the connection establishment request caller information, the caller information being either a reference to a resource comprising the real-time video stream or the real-time video stream;
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- continuing capturing and sending the real-time video stream, in real-time, to the resource or to the called party apparatus at least as long as the connection establishment request is pending.
A method for a called party apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving in the called party apparatus, a connection establishment request for a two-way connection from a calling party apparatus, the connection establishment request comprising caller information, the caller information being either a reference to a resource comprising content or the content, the content comprising a real-time video stream of a user of the calling party apparatus, captured and sent in real-time in a continuous manner by the calling party apparatus at least as long as the connection establishment request is pending;
- outputting the received real-time continuous video stream and providing an indication of the connection establishment request via a user interface of the called party apparatus;
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- in response to receiving a user input indicating a connection establishment acceptance, establishing the two-way connection.
A method for a calling party apparatus, the method comprising:
- detecting in the calling party apparatus a user input for sending a connection establishment request to establish a two-way connection to a called party apparatus;
- starting capturing, in a continuous manner, a real-time video of a user of the calling party apparatus;
- sending with the connection establishment request caller information to the called party apparatus, the caller information being either a reference to a resource comprising the real-time video or the real-time video;
- continuing the capturing and sending of the real-time video, in real-time, to the resource or to the called party apparatus at least as long as the connection establishment request is pending.
A method for a called party apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving in the called party apparatus, over a one-way connection, both a message indicating a connection establishment request for a two-way connection from a calling party apparatus and caller information, the caller information being content comprising a real-time video stream of a user of the calling party apparatus, received in real-time in a continuous manner by the calling party apparatus, at least as long as the connection establishment request is pending;
- outputting the received real-time continuous video stream and providing an indication of the connection establishment request via a user interface of the called party apparatus;
- and
- in response to receiving a user input indicating a connection establishment acceptance, establishing the two-way connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.