Patent ID: 6967957
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. In a communication system including a calling and a called party and a plurality of providers which can provide a plurality of individual additional services or functions for a communication between a calling and a called party, a method for providing one such individual service or function from one of said plurality of providers, said method comprising the steps of: establishing a communication connection between the calling and called parties; suspending said connection if one of said calling or called parties needs to add a resource from one of the providers for an additional service or function to be employed for the communication between the parties; under control of one of the parties, establishing a separate connection to one of the providers to obtain the additional resource; providing said resource to a control platform which is distinct from the terminals of the parties to the communication, said providing including inserting said resource into said control platform; and under control of said control platform, making said additional service available to at least one of said parties.