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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Applicant:
Michael L. Asher, Green Cove Springs, FL (US);
Inventor:
Michael L. Asher, Green Cove Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04B 3/30 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 29/06197 (2013.01); H04L 65/1016 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01); H04L 29/06027 (2013.01); H04L 65/1006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for enabling a calling party and a called party to exchange useful information with each other during a call setup process are disclosed. For example, the method receives user metadata from an originating party, and sends the user metadata provided by the originating party by embedding the user metadata in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling message during a call setup.