VoIP quality bar and “toast” notifications

摘要

The present invention provides in one aspect a method and a system for displaying a VoIP quality to a user, so that the user may determine if a specific call should be placed in view of the VoIP quality. The present invention also provides in another aspect a method and a system for non-intrusively signaling of an incoming VoIP call so that a user can be informed of the incoming call and yet not be interrupted from his/her current work.

主权项

1. A method for presenting voice quality different from signal strength of a specific potential voice call by a caller over a VoIP network before the specific potential VoIP call is made, the method comprising:
obtaining a caller location; obtaining a condition of the network relating to voice quality of the specific potential call to be processed by the network; predicting a voice quality different from signal strength of the specific potential voice call over the network based upon the condition of the network and the caller location calculated as a VoIP voice quality of a model VoIP session of the VoIP network for delivery of the potential VoIP call; obtaining a mapping between the condition of the network and the voice quality of the potential voice call; and displaying the voice quality of the specific potential voice call prior to completing the call to enable the caller to determine if the specific potential call should be placed based on the display voice quality.