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Establishing communications sessions

US8340649B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company · GB

Inventors

Simon Ringland · London, GB
Francis Scahill · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2006
Grant date	Dec 25, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 10, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2203/652
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of establishing a communications session in a communications system is disclosed. The communications system comprises a caller terminal (103), a mobile terminal (101) associated with the caller terminal (103), a callee terminal (115) associated with a callee and session initiation means (111,113). It has become common yet frustrating for users to have to maintain contact lists on a multiplicity of communications devices (e.g. the caller terminal and the mobile terminal). The method comprises: (i) identifying the callee using the mobile telephone (101); (ii) responsive to identification of said callee, transferring data identifying the callee from the mobile terminal (101) to the session initiation means (111,113); and (iii) in dependence on the transferred data, operating the session initiation means (111,113) to establish a communications session between the caller terminal (103) and the callee terminal (115).

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