Animated/digitally depicted interactive voice session services over an IP network
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorKeith Aaron Jones
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Abstract
A telecommunications service application. The application includes associating, each of a plurality of subscribers with at least one respective avatar, where the at least one avatar includes at least one of a visual avatar and an audible avatar. In response to a first subscriber attempting to establish a communications link to a second subscriber, at least one avatar associated with the first subscriber is transmitted to the second subscriber.
Claims31
A telecommunications service application, comprising:
- associating, each of a plurality of subscribers with at least one respective avatar, said at least one avatar comprising at least one of a visual avatar and an audible avatar;
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- in response to a first subscriber attempting to establish a communications link to a second subscriber, transmitting to said second subscriber at least one avatar associated with said first subscriber.
A method for providing interactive voice session services over an IP network, comprising:
- receiving an incoming call from a calling party to a called party over said IP network;
- associating a visual caricature of said calling party with an audible message;
- sending said visual caricature and audible message to the called party over the IP network for presentation as a call alert for the incoming call.
An apparatus for providing digitally depicted interactive voice session services over an IP network, said apparatus in communication with calling party and called party subscriber devices, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one softswitch having a subscriber database coupled to said IP network;
- at least one application server having a profile database coupled to said IP network;
- said profile database storing visual caricatures and audible messages that serve as a call alert for an incoming message sent to said called party subscriber device, said called party subscriber device presenting said call alert to a called party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.