Additional information on a caller
AssigneeGurulogic Microsystems 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.
Claims20
1-20. (canceled)
A method for a first user apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving in the first user apparatus, over a one-way connection, both a message indicating a connection establishment request for a two-way connection from a second user apparatus and caller information, other than a calling party's contact information, the caller information being either a reference to a resource comprising content or the content, the content comprising a real-time video stream captured and transmitted in a continuous manner by the second user apparatus from a user of the second user apparatus beginning at a point of time, or near the point of time the connection establishment request has been sent and continuing to be transmitted at least as long as the connection establishment request is pending;
- outputting the received continuous video stream and indicating a user about the connection establishment request;
- and
- in response to receiving a user input indicating a connection establishment acceptance, establishing the two-way connection.
A method comprising:
- detecting in a first user apparatus a user input indicating a request to establish a two-way connection to a second user apparatus;
- starting, after the detecting, to capture in a continuous manner by the first user apparatus from a user of the first user apparatus a video to be transmitted in a video stream over a one-way connection;
- sending with the connection establishment request caller information, other than a calling party's contact information, the caller information being either a reference to a resource comprising the video stream or the video stream;
- and
- continuing capturing and sending the video stream to the resource or to the second user apparatus at least as long as the connection establishment request is pending.
A computer program product comprising computer program code configured to perform a method as claimed in claim 1 when executed on an apparatus.
An apparatus comprising means for implementing a method as claimed in claim 1.
(canceled)
A telecommunications system comprising:
- a network;
- and
- two or more user apparatuses comprising means for implementing a method as claimed in claim 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.