Parallel Data Session During Telephone Calls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication methods between user devices during telephone calls often require inconvenient setup or configuration processes to switch between different communication methods, such as audio, video, or data sharing, lacking seamless integration and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that establish a separate data communications session parallel to a telephone call, using call party details to identify user devices and enable data communication between them, with authorization mechanisms for feature usage, allowing seamless data exchange during and after voice calls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate communication methods (audio, video, data sharing) are used during telephone calls, then communication functionality is enhanced, but setup and configuration processes become complex and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges audio, video, and data sharing communication methods into a single integrated telephony session. The server system establishes a unified communications session that combines multiple communication types, allowing users to switch between audio call, video call, and data sharing modes without separate setup procedures. This integration resolves the contradiction by providing enhanced communication functionality while maintaining ease of operation through a single session management interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The server system creates a universal communications session that supports multiple communication functions (audio, video, data sharing) simultaneously. The system identifies user devices and establishes a single session that can accommodate various communication modes, eliminating the need for separate configuration processes for each communication type. This multi-functionality approach enhances adaptability while simplifying user interaction.
2Ease of operation
If multiple communication methods are integrated in a single session, then ease of operation is improved, but device and network capability requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The server system acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity of establishing and maintaining multi-functional communications sessions. Instead of requiring user devices to independently handle complex session management, the server mediates between calling and called parties, automatically establishing appropriate communication modes based on device capabilities and user selections. This intermediary approach simplifies session management for users while the server handles the underlying complexity of capability coordination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If data communication is enabled during telephone calls, then communication versatility is enhanced, but authorization processes add complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The server system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing communication sessions and pre-configuring authorization parameters before actual data communication begins. The system identifies user devices and their capabilities in advance, establishing the framework for authorized data exchange before the communication starts. This preliminary setup simplifies the authorization process during actual use, as the framework is already in place.
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AI summary
A method of establishing a communications session for communication of data with respect to at least two user devices in a data communications network. Call party details of a telephone call are received. The telephone call involves at least a first telephony user device and a second telephony user device. The call party details include a first identity associated with the first telephony user device and a second identity associated with the second telephony user device. At least one of the first and second identities comprises a telephone dialing number. A separate communications session is established on the basis of the first and second identities received in the call party details. The communications session is separate from the telephone call, for the communication of data to and/or from the at least two user devices.