Methods, systems and computer program products for suspending packet-switched sessions to a wireless terminal
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorRam Asokan
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided through which a wireless terminal participating in a packet-switched communications session may temporarily suspend the session, for example, upon receipt of an incoming circuit-switched call. The wireless terminal may notify a server associated with the packet-switched session of receipt of the incoming circuit-switched call, and may also notify the server when the packet-switched session may be resumed. In embodiments of the present invention implemented in GSM networks, one or more of the notification messages may be transmitted to the server over the SMS data bearer.
Claims17
A method for a wireless terminal participating in a packet-switched communications session to provide notice of receipt of an incoming circuit-switched call, the method comprising:
- receiving a paging request associated with the incoming circuit-switched call;
- and
- notifying a server that establishes and runs the packet-switched communications session that the wireless terminal has received the incoming circuit-switched call,
- wherein notifying the server that establishes and runs the packet-switched communications session that the wireless terminal has received the incoming circuit switched call comprises forwarding a notification message from the wireless terminal to the server over a circuit-switched channel.
A wireless terminal, comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a packet-switched suspension notification circuit coupled to the transceiver that is configured to generate a notification message that is suitable for transmission as an e-mail message or a text message over a circuit-switched SMS data bearer to a server controlling a packet-switched communications session when the wireless terminal temporarily suspends participation in the packet-switched communications session;
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- a circuit-switched communications circuit, wherein the packet-switched suspension notification circuit generates the notification message in response to receipt of a circuit-switched page by the circuit-switched communications circuit.
A computer program product implemented in a wireless terminal that is participating in a packet-switched communications session that provides notice of receipt of an incoming circuit-switched call, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to receive a paging request associated with the incoming circuit-switched call;
- computer readable program code configured to notify a server that establishes and runs the packet-switched communications session via a text message or an e-mail message that is transmitted over a circuit-switched SMS data bearer channel that the wireless terminal has received the incoming circuit-switched call;
- and computer readable program code configured to notify the server that establishes and runs the packet-switched communications session over the circuit-switched SMS data bearer channel upon termination of the incoming circuit-switched call.
A method for a wireless terminal participating in a packet-switched communications session to provide notice of receipt of an incoming circuit-switched call, the method comprising:
- receiving a paging request associated with the incoming circuit-switched call;
- notifying a server that establishes and runs the packet-switched communications session that the wireless terminal has received the incoming circuit-switched call, wherein notifying the server that establishes and runs the packet-switch communications session that the wireless terminal has received the incoming circuit-switched call comprises forwarding a first notification message from the wireless terminal to the server over a circuit-switched SMS data bearer channel;
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- forwarding a second notification message from the wireless terminal to the server that establishes and runs the packet-switched communications session via a text message or an e-mail message that is transmitted over the circuit-switched SMS data bearer channel upon termination of the incoming circuit-switched call;
- wherein the incoming circuit-switched call comprises a circuit-switched call transmitted over a GSM network.
A method for a wireless terminal participating in a packet-switched communications session to provide notice of receipt of an incoming circuit-switched call, the method comprising:
- receiving a paging request associated with the incoming circuit-switched call;
- forwarding a first notification message from the wireless terminal to a server that establishes and runs the packet-switched communications session over a circuit-switched SMS data bearer channel that notifies the server that the wireless terminal has suspended the packet-switched communications session, the first notification message including an identification associated with the wireless terminal and an estimate of the duration of the incoming circuit-switched call;
- forwarding a second notification message from the wireless terminal to the server that establishes and runs the packet-switched communications session via a text message or an e-mail message that is transmitted over the circuit-switched SMS data bearer channel upon termination of the incoming circuit-switched call that notifies the server that the incoming circuit-switched call has been terminated;
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- resuming the packet-switched communication session after termination of the circuit-switched call;
- wherein the incoming circuit-switched call comprises a circuit-switched call transmitted over a GSM network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.