Voice communication service from a social network
For the purpose of managing a voice communication service in a communication network between a first and at least a second communication terminal, the first and second communication terminals have respective communication identifiers in the communication network. The first and second communication identifiers are associated, at least at a server, with first and second social network identifiers of a social network. A communication request is received, indicating at least the first and second social network identifiers; subsequently, the second communication identifier is identified from the second social network identifier received in the communication request; and, finally, an application notification is transmitted to the second communication terminal on the basis of the second communication identifier. The application notification indicates the first social network identifier.
1. A method of managing a telephonic communication service in a communication network between a first communication terminal and at least one second communication terminal, in which said first and second communication terminals have respective first and second communication identifiers in the communication network, said first and second communication identifiers being respectively associated at a level of a server with first and second social network identifiers of a social network, said server being accessible from the communication network, said method comprising the following acts:
selecting by a terminal device a social network identifier of a caller and a second network identifier of a callee of a voice communication;
selecting a type of call including whether the call invitation is to be launched private or public;
allowing other people of the social network to discover the existence of this voice communication and optionally join the call if the type of call is public;
allowing only invited parties to join the call if the type of call is private;
sending, by the terminal device to a server, an invitation comprising the first social network identifier of a caller and the second network identifier of a callee;
at the server, receiving the invitation from the terminal device;
at the server, retrieving the second communication identifier associated with the second social network identifier on the basis of the second social network identifier received in the communication request;
at the server, triggered by the retrieval of the second communication identifier, transmitting an application notification over the communication network destined for the second communication terminal on the basis of the retrieved second communication identifier, said application notification indicating the first social network identifier, said application notification further comprising a phone number specifically associated to the first communication terminal; and
at the second communication terminal, after the application notification has been transmitted by the server, triggering, upon acceptance of an invitation comprising an indication of the first social network identifier, making a phone call to the first communication terminal by dialing the phone number.
2. The method according to claim 1 , furthermore comprising the following acts, after the act of receiving a communication request:
identifying the first communication identifier on the basis of the first social network identifier received in the communication request; and
sending an application notification destined for the first communication terminal on the basis of the first communication identifier.
3. The method according to claim 1 , in which, the application notification destined for the second terminal furthermore indicates at least one third social network identifier.
4. The method according to claim 3 , in which the application notification destined for the second terminal furthermore indicates a communication state associated with said at least third social network identifier.
5. The method according to claim 1 , in which the application notification destined for the second terminal furthermore indicates an identifier of communication setup allowing the establishment of a voice communication.
6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an acceptance of communication from the second communication terminal; and
setting up the second communication terminal to communicate with the first communication terminal, via said server.
7. A communication system comprising:
a first communication terminal;
at least one second communication terminal;
a terminal device comprising a processor; and
a server comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor configure the server to perform acts comprising managing a telephonic communication service in a communication network between the first and the at least one second communication terminal, in which said first and second communication terminals have respective first and second communication identifiers in the communication network, said first and second communication identifiers being respectively associated at a level of the server, with first and second social network identifiers in a social network, said server being accessible from the communication network, wherein the managing comprises:
in response to the processor of the terminal device selecting a social network identifier of a caller and a second network identifier of a callee of a voice communication and selecting a type of call including whether the call is to be launched private or public:
allowing other people of the social network to discover the existence of this voice communication and optionally join the call if the type of call is public;
allowing only invited parties to join the call if the type of call is private;
receiving an invitation from the terminal device comprising the first and second social network identifiers over the communication network;
receiving a message corresponding to a phone call from the second communication terminal to the first communication terminal, the phone call being made by dialing a phone number specifically associated to the first communication terminal;
retrieving the second communication identifier associated with the second social network identifier on the basis of the second social network identifier received in the invitation; and
triggered by the retrieval of the second communication identifier, transmitting an application notification over the communication network destined for the second communication terminal on the basis of the retrieved second communication identifier, said application notification indicating the first social network identifier, said application notification further comprising the phone number
said at least one second communication terminal comprising:
a reception unit configured to receive the application notification;
a display unit configured to display the application notification comprising a selectable option to accept an invitation comprising an indication of the first social network identifier; and
a processor configured to trigger a phone call to the first communication terminal by dialing the phone number upon the selecting of the option to accept.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises at the second communication terminal, concealing the phone number from a user of the second communication terminal before and during the act of making the phone call to the first communication terminal.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication terminal remains a called terminal throughout the method, and the transmission of the application notification to the second terminal is not preceded by a call to the second communication terminal.
10. The communication system according to claim 7 , wherein the first communication terminal remains a called terminal throughout the acts performed by the server, and the transmission of the application notification to the second terminal is not preceded by a call to the second communication terminal.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication terminal remains a called terminal throughout the acts performed by the server, and the transmission of the application notification to the second terminal is not preceded by a call to the second communication terminal.