Method to allow community-identity based communications using mobile phones

摘要

An apparatus in one example has: first user equipment having a first set of personal information for use in a community based network, and a second set of personal information for use in a public network; second user equipment having a first set of personal information for use in the community based network, and a second set of personal information for use in the public network; a trusted presence system in an IMS network operatively coupled to the first and second user equipment; and the trusted presence system being structured such that, when the first user equipment is in the community based network places a call to the second user equipment in the public network, the second set of personal information of the second user equipment is withheld from the first user equipment at least during call setup.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a trusted presence system operatively coupled to an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, said trusted presence system further operatively coupled to a first and a second user equipment, each of said first and second user equipment having a first set of personal information for use with an online social networking website of said IMS network, and a second set of personal information for use in a telecommunications network, the trusted presence system being structured such that, when the first user equipment is accessing the online social networking website and places a call to the second user equipment in the telecommunications network using the second user equipment's first set of personal information, the second set of personal information of the second user equipment is withheld from the first user equipment at least during call setup; and a trusted presence database operatively coupled to the trusted presence system for storing associations between first and second sets of personal information.