Patent ID: 8391278
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A service system configured for use in conjunction with a hybrid network comprising at least one circuit-switched network and at least one packet-switched network connected via at least one gateway configured to provide necessary conversion to a video call passing between the packet-switched network and the circuit-switching network, the service system further configured to be located in the packet-switched network and to be operatively interfaced to the gateway, the service system comprising a service platform and one or more application platforms configured to accommodate two or more applications and operatively connected to the service platform, wherein the service platform comprises: (a) a network interface adapted for receiving the video call transferred through the gateway, and for analyzing, at least, the call's in-band information, therefore recognizing a desired destination and (b) a call manager operatively coupled to the network interface and adapted for re-directing the video call in accordance with the desired destination to respective application platform and to enable transferring, at least, entire in-band information to the application platform, thus enabling the application platform to serve as an end-point for the video call, wherein the call manager is further configured to derive meta-data comprised, at least, in the in-band information and transfer this meta-data and/or derivatives thereof to the application platform as a first token assigned to the video-call, wherein the service platform is further configured to operatively interface to a third party database in order to obtain out-band information related to the calling user and include at least part of said out-band information and/or derivatives thereof in the first token when generating thereof.