Method and device for handling missed calls in a mobile communications environment

Abstract

A mobile terminal comprises a registering functionality which is adapted to register terminal-based information about one or more missed call events which are not accepted by a user. Network-based information about one or more missed call events or voice messages registered by a PLMN to which the mobile terminal is subscribed is received. The network-based information is combined with the terminal-based information such that the mobile terminal is able to present the combined information to a user. Moreover, a method is provided for registering information about missed call events in a PLMN comprising at least an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) which is responsible for packet data services. An incoming call received by the IMS from a calling terminal originally destined to a called mobile terminal is redirected in accordance with Filter Criteria (FC) to the IMS and information about a missed call event in accordance with the incoming call is registered by the IMS.

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         27 . A method comprising:
 determining to receive, at a mobile terminal, terminal-based information of one or more missed incoming communications and associated one or more terminal messages;   determining to receive network-based information of one or more missed incoming communications and associated one or more network messages; and   determining to present, at a user interface of the mobile terminal, the network-based information and the terminal-based information for the one or more missed incoming communications per entry.   
     
     
         28 . A method of  claim 27 , wherein each entry includes a communication initiating time, a communication initiator identification, an indication of an associated message, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         29 . A method of  claim 27 , comprising:
 determining to fetch the one or more network messages from the communication network; and   determining to present the one or more network messages and the one or more terminal messages per entry of each associated message at the user interface.   
     
     
         30 . A method of  claim 27 , further comprising:
 determining to subscribe to the communication network to receive notification of one or more missed incoming communications based upon one or more filter criteria;   determining to receive and parsing the notification as the network-based information; and   combining the network-based information with the terminal-based information for presentation on the user interface.   
     
     
         31 . A method of  claim 29 , further comprising:
 determining to store the one or more network messages at the mobile terminal; and   determining to reproduce the one or more stored network messages at the mobile terminal.   
     
     
         32 . A method of  claim 27 , wherein the communication network includes at least a partly land-based mobile network. 
     
     
         33 . A method comprising facilitating access to at least one interface to allow access to at least one service, the service configured to perform at least the following:
 determining to receive an incoming communication destined to a directed mobile terminal from an initiating terminal at a network node in a communication network, the incoming communication involving one or more communication media; and   determining to redirect the incoming communication to another network node based upon one or more filter criteria for registering information of the redirected communication and for storing the registered information.   
     
     
         34 . A method of  claim 33 , wherein the service is further configured to perform:
 determining to receive a subscription request for one or more communication state control functions from the directed mobile terminal at the network node; and   determining to issue a registration request from the network node to the another network node on behalf of the directed mobile terminal, the request being set for registering a function of creating one or more associated messages in response to the redirected communication.   
     
     
         35 . A method of  claim 34 , wherein the service is further configured to perform:
 determining to transmit a notification of the redirected communication, the one or more associated messages, or a combination thereof to the directed mobile terminal, based upon the one or more communication state control functions as subscribed.   
     
     
         36 . A method of  claim 33 , wherein the one or more communication media include one or more emails, one or more voice calls, one or more video calls, one or more multimedia calls, one or more facsimile messages, one or more voice messages, one or more video messages, one or more multimedia messages, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         37 . An apparatus comprising:
 at least one processor; and   at least one memory including computer program code,   wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
 determine to receive, at a mobile terminal, terminal-based information of one or more missed incoming communications and associated one or more terminal messages; 
 determine to receive network-based information of one or more missed incoming communications and associated one or more network messages; and 
 determine to present, at a user interface of the mobile terminal, the network-based information and the terminal-based information for the one or more missed incoming communications per entry. 
   
     
     
         38 . An apparatus of  claim 37 , wherein each entry includes a communication initiating time, a communication initiator identification, an indication of an associated message, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         39 . An apparatus of  claim 37 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
 determine to fetch the one or more network messages from the communication network; and   determine to present the one or more network messages and the one or more terminal messages per entry of each associated message at the user interface.   
     
     
         40 . An apparatus of  claim 37 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
 determine to subscribe to the communication network to receive notification of one or more missed incoming communications based upon one or more filter criteria;   determine to receive and parse the notification the network-based information; and   combine the network-based information with the terminal-based information for presentation on the user interface.   
     
     
         41 . An apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
 determine to store the one or more network messages at the mobile terminal; and   determine to reproduce the one or more stored network messages at the mobile terminal.   
     
     
         42 . An apparatus of  claim 37 , wherein the communication network includes at least a partly land-based mobile network. 
     
     
         43 . An apparatus comprising:
 at least one processor; and   at least one memory including computer program code,   wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
 determine to receive an incoming communication destined to a directed mobile terminal from an initiating terminal at a network node in a communication network, the incoming communication involving one or more communication media; and 
 determine to redirect the incoming communication to another network node based upon one or more filter criteria for registering information of the redirected communication and for storing the registered information. 
   
     
     
         44 . An apparatus of  claim 43 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
 determine to receive a subscription request for one or more communication state control functions from the directed mobile terminal at the network node; and   determine to issue a registration request from the network node to the another network node on behalf of the directed mobile terminal, the request being set for registering a function of creating one or more associated messages in response to the redirected communication.   
     
     
         45 . An apparatus of  claim 44 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
 determine to transmit a notification of the redirected communication, the one or more associated messages, or a combination thereof to the directed mobile terminal, based upon the one or more communication state control functions as subscribed.   
     
     
         46 . An apparatus of  claim 43 , wherein the one or more communication media include one or more emails, one or more voice calls, one or more video calls, one or more multimedia calls, one or more facsimile messages, one or more voice messages, one or more video messages, one or more multimedia messages, or a combination thereof.