Method and communication system for identifying calling/called party

摘要

A method and communication system is provided to identify a calling/called party when the call is being set up but before the call is answered. In the method, a first terminal and a second terminal are respectively provided with opposing terminal's image data before the call is answered. The image data of the first and second terminals can be registered in a media server disposed between the first and second terminals, and the image data can be transmitted between the first terminal and the media server and between the second terminal and the media server in accordance with an SIP protocol.

主权项

id="REI-00002" date="20140617" 1. A method of identifying a calling party and call conditions of a called party, comprising the steps of:
registering image data of a calling party in at least one a first terminal or a media server; transmitting the image data and a call request of the first terminal to a second terminal via the media server; displaying the image data of the calling party on the second terminal; transmitting image data of the called party previously registered in the media server to the first terminal when at least one of the image data or the call request is transmitted to the media server, wherein the image data of the called party include different images for different call conditions; and displaying the image data of the called party on the first terminal.