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CN102037692A - Method and system for communicating between devices - Google Patents

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CN102037692A
CN102037692A CN2007800447812A CN200780044781A CN102037692A CN 102037692 A CN102037692 A CN 102037692A CN 2007800447812 A CN2007800447812 A CN 2007800447812A CN 200780044781 A CN200780044781 A CN 200780044781A CN 102037692 A CN102037692 A CN 102037692A
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Abstract

A communication service is provided that enables end-users to interactively communicate over a communication channel using individually selected communication interfaces at each end-point of the channel. Each end-user may select a receive interface that presents communications to the end-user in a format that is most desirable to the end-user. As a result, an end-user is no longer subjected to the interface selected by an initiator of a communication. The communication service may be used to allow users of instant messaging (IM) services to seamlessly communicate with users of voice services such as Push-to-Talk-over-Cellular (PoC) services.

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The method and system that is used for communication between devices
Technical field
Present invention relates in general to network field, more specifically, relate to the different communication interface that uses each equipment place and realize the service of interactive type communication between the equipment in the network.
Background technology
Telecommunications service provider provides multiple communication service, so that the subscriber can communicate mutually by network infrastructure.This service can comprise instant messaging (IM) service, allows the subscriber by the communication of network infrastructure exchange text based.Instant messaging (IM) service makes the user can be with communication of text messages to the miscellaneous equipment that is connected to network, and the terminal use can be participated in the instant messaging (IM) ' chat ' with another terminal use.Instant messaging service also provides many other functions, as keeps buddy list, and the sign good friend is online and can insert etc.Can use the manual interface of universal keyboard or other types that text message is manually inputed to the instant messaging service, and on visual interface, receive and show.Because instant messaging (IM) needs the manual input of certain form, therefore for always not a kind of communication form easily of terminal use's instant messaging.For example, driving or other carries out instant messaging can not read content displayed easily and/or not have idle hand to import the time, will cause safety problem when mobile phone users.
PTT, voice-enabled chat and the PTT by cellular application allow the user to use walkie-talkie service and other people ' chat ' basically.This service can be ' hands-free ', allow to drive a car or since other reasons can't read or manually the user of input text communicate with other people by voice.A problem of voice communication is that it lacks the intrinsic privacy of textcommunication.In addition, some equipment terminal of network (as be coupled to) may not comprise the circuit of voice communication.
In existing technology, when terminal use initiate with infrastructure in during the getting in touch of another terminal use, the originating end user selects between instant messaging (IM) or another communication service using voice.The originating end user will conveniently select service based on the subjectivity of concrete communication interface.In the prior art, the receiving terminal user is forced to use the service of being selected by the originating end user (and related service interface) and communicates, and this service may be inconvenient or unsafe for the receiving terminal user.
Summary of the invention
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of communication service (CS), between text messaging and voice communication, select independently to allow each terminal use in the connection; Therefore, this communication service can communicate each terminal use with safety and the mode of most convenient and the terminal use under the particular case.According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of method that communicates with the equipment that is coupled to network comprises: the step that receives the communication of going to the terminal use who is associated with equipment.Receive this communication with the unprocessed form that is associated with first type communication service.This method comprises the step of the telex network profile that is associated with the terminal use of visit, and subscriber's profile of communicating by letter identifies and is used for the desired form of transmission of communicating by letter with terminal use's associated device.With subscriber's desired format of indicating in the profile of communicating by letter communication is passed to the terminal use.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of equipment that comprises computer-readable medium.This equipment comprises storage service routine code thereon, receive and when going to second terminal use's communication from first terminal use with conversion when carrying out this service routine code, its operationally from first form that is associated with first terminal use to second form that expectation presents form that is designated as that is used for second terminal use, so that each among first terminal use and second terminal use can use the preferred communication interface to communicate.
When participating in interactive type communication, such layout can allow two terminal uses that communicating by letter use their preferred separately communication interface respectively.For example, in the communication by service support of the present invention, two or more terminal uses can participate in ' chat ', and one of them terminal use uses instant messaging (IM) service to communicate via universal keyboard, and another terminal use communicates by voice.Service of the present invention was changed communication before sending each terminal use to, communicated with preferred form to allow each terminal use.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of network, can advantageously adopt service of the present invention in this network; And
Fig. 2 shows the block diagram that can be included in the some exemplary assembly in the service of the present invention; And
Fig. 3 A-3C shows the communicate by letter exemplary embodiment of profile of subscriber at the subscriber of service of the present invention; And
Fig. 4 shows the flow chart of illustrative steps, and this step can be by the client executing of service of the present invention with to service registry with implant as the described profile of Fig. 3 A-3C; And
Fig. 5 is a functional flow, provides this functional flow can be by the illustrative steps of service execution of the present invention to illustrate.
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According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of communication service, made the terminal use can use the different communication interface at each end points place of channel to carry out interactive type communication by communication channel.In one embodiment, each terminal use form that can select to expect most receiving interface of communication being presented to the terminal use with the terminal use.For example, drive a car, have limited reading literal or carry out first terminal use of manual input capability, wish to receive speech message and send voice communication.Privacy may be sought with second terminal use of first communicating with terminal user, thereby textcommunication can be selected to send and receive.
In another embodiment, communication service can use the communication that exists information to be controlled at the end in the communication channel that is associated with each terminal use to present form.For example, when the terminal use was in the position of forbidding voice communication, as hospital, cinema etc., communication service can be guaranteed with text but not sound is transmitted communication.Exist information to provide, or use is obtained by the information that network self provides in mode known in those skilled in the art by the terminal use.Alternatively, the terminal use can be by the selection that provides region or arrangement of time to control communication interface to service, thus be controlled to the terminal use communication present form.Communication service can support also and point-to-multipoint communication that promptly each terminal has the ability of its appearance form of control in the support point point to-point communication.
Fig. 1 is the figure of network 10, comprising the application server of supporting communication service of the present invention (CS).Shown network 10 (for example comprises mobile network's infrastructure 14 and wide area network (WAN) infrastructure 16, it can be the Internet) combination, yet will understand, for operation of the present invention, the existence of the network infrastructure of these two kinds of forms is not essential.
Mobile network 14 comprises the hardware and software of supporting cellular communication, described cellular communication comprises base station and MTSO (MTSO), can be used to use the analog or digital radiofrequency signal, use arbitrary known cellular communication protocol that cellular communication is forwarded to mobile device, as mobile phone 12.Wide area network (WAN) the 16th, the network of computer equipment interconnection and use standard internet protocol (IP) transmit the network of data by packet switching.IP network can be carried various information and service, as other documents of Email, online chatting, file transfer and linked web pages and World Wide Web (WWW), and network enabled phone (VoIP) service in addition.VoIP is also referred to as IP phone, Internet Protocol telephone, wideband telephony, broadband mobile phone and broadband voice usually, and VoIP is by the Internet or carries out the route of voice conversation by any other IP-based network.Fig. 1 shows the laptop computer device 11 that is suitable for using IP agreement and other equipment that are coupled to WAN16 to communicate.
Network 10 among Fig. 1 also comprises the gateway 24 that is coupled to mobile and WAN infrastructure.In one embodiment, this gateway can be the service provider gateway of direct communications between mobile phone and WAN network infrastructure.Show the service provider gateway that is coupled to application server 18 and 22 equally.The service supplier typically is kept for controlling the various application servers that transmit various services to the user.Gateway 24 can be with the sensing application server of communicating by letter that receives from each mobile phone and WAN network, with the services set of supporting that the user has arranged.
The modal service that is provided by the service supplier in the mobile network is voice service.Voice service comprises traditional cellular voice service and based on the voice service of the Internet.Traditional mobile telephone network and equipment use full-duplex communication, allow the client move or land line network on call out other people, and can have conversation with the opposing party simultaneously and hear the opposing party.In cellular communications networks, initiate to be connected with the opposing party's answering call by dialing phone number, and connect the maintenance activity, up to either party finish conversation or since dropout or network interrupt disconnecting connect till.If not dialing in advance, this system does not allow to send interim transmission to its other party on network.Be used to the cross frequence that sends and receive by use, may in mobile telephone network, carry out full-duplex operation.
Moveable push-to-talk (PTT) service that is provided by some operators allows half-duplex transmission is sent to the opposing party in the system, and need not to connect in advance.Because this system is half-duplex, only use a communication frequency, thereby once only a user can send by PTT; The opposing party can't send, and discharges connection up to sending the non-keying PTT of user button.In itself, the PTT service class is similar to the walkie-talkie service.
Based on 2.5G or 3G packet switching network and use Session Initiation Protocol and/or the PTT version of real-time transport protocol (rtp) is called as push-to-talk over cellular (PoC).Be OMA-AD PoC-v1 0-20060609 and be entitled as and described the PoC architectural framework in " push-to-talk over cellular-architectural framework " in the document number that provides by Open Mobile Alliance, be incorporated herein by reference.In essence, PoC service makes the mobile subscriber set up voice communication with mode and one or more other mobile subscriber of walkie-talkie by shared frequencies.The service of other similar walkie-talkies comprises the voice-enabled chat service.Voice-enabled chat is a kind of modern communications form of using on the internet.The means of communication of voice-enabled chat is by any one courier, is mainly Yahoo TM, America Online TMOr MSN Messenger TMVoice-enabled chat has caused the remarkable increase of telecommunication, can be close to the gratis from two people at two ends, the world and converse.
Use PoC and IM as the example of using the integrated service of the present invention though should be noted in the discussion above that the present invention, the present invention is not limited to use PoC and IM service.On the contrary, imagination the present invention can be advantageously used between any two types communication service interface is provided, and includes but not limited to PTT, voice-enabled chat, IM, PoC, MSN courier etc.The use that it is therefore to be understood that particular term (as PoC to IM etc.) is only as example, and those skilled in the art can replace to other service according to the needs of particular design.
Fig. 1 shows application server 18, is included in the function of describing in the PoC architectural framework file of Open Mobile Alliance, to support PoC communication.
Another exemplary service that is provided by the service supplier is instant messaging (IM) service.Instant messaging (IM) is meant that almost carrying out message between the user in real time transmits.These information are normally lacked, and succinctly are not essential but should understand.Use IM under the conversation modes through being everlasting, that is, the speed that message transmits back and forth enough keeps interactive session with the participant soon.Typical instant messaging (IM) service comprises instant messaging (AIM) service of America Online etc.
As mentioned above, the service supplier typically provides far-ranging service.According to the various characteristics of subscriber device, some services can have more practicality or reasonability at the subscriber device of particular type.Characteristic can be a static characteristic, as the interface that provided by equipment or the mobility of equipment.For example,, do not possess high-quality microphone and relative fixed usually, to personal computer and the service of speech sound may possess less practicality than instant messaging (IM) service because personal computer mainly uses keyboard interface to operate.Because the keyboard input limited or difficulty of many less phones, may have less practicality or more be not supposed to than voice service hand mobile telephone instant messaging service.The dynamic characteristic of the relative demand of the different services of control comprises the place of equipment use and the time of the environment and the equipment of use.For example privacy concerns makes that not being desirably in crowded place uses voice service and relatively be ready to use text based IM service.
Communication service of the present invention (CS) provides the control subscriber to receive the ability of the mode of session communication.Session communication can include but not limited to that PoC communication is communicated by letter with IM.For example, the subscriber can selective reception IM or PoC communication as text message or sound bite.In addition, a plurality of subscribers can use this service and one or more other subscribers, with each user of distinct interface who is used for received communication, set up chat sessions.Therefore, each subscriber no longer is tied to by the selected communication interface of transmitting apparatus, but can customize his or her communication experiences to satisfy his or her best demand.An embodiment of shown communication service of the present invention is presented as Transformation Service 20, and in this example, Transformation Service 20 can be the IM/PoC Transformation Service of carrying out on the application server 22 in Fig. 1.
As example, in Fig. 1, the terminal use A at laptop computer device 11 places can set up chat sessions with the terminal use B at mobile phone 12 places.Terminal use A can expect to receive all session communications as text, and terminal use B can expect to receive session communication as voice.Dotted line 25 shows the communication path from terminal use A to terminal use B.To be forwarded to from the IM of A among the WAN16 and and intercept and capture by the gateway 24 that communication is forwarded to server 22.Server 22 checks that the data that is associated with terminal use B is to identify the preferable interface that is used for received communication of B.In the example of Fig. 1, suppose that B preferably receives voice communication.Server 22 is converted to the PoC voice communication of the equipment of going to 12 with IM, and (for example, using text) to speech convertor, and be forwarded to gateway 24.Server 18, PoC communication is intercepted and captured in control PoC communication, and control is delivered to the PoC communication of equipment 12.
Mobile phone 12 can use the PoC communication response in IM.PoC communication is intercepted and captured by gateway 22.Gateway 22 is checked the profile information of terminal use A, and by being the appearance form on the desired interface of terminal use A with the PoC transition of communications, communication is forwarded to terminal use A.For example, if terminal use A likes text, Transformation Service 20 is carried out the conversion of voice-to-text.Alternatively, Transformation Service 20 can be converted to the PoC voice flow sound bite that offers terminal use A.
Transformation Service 20 can realize with the form of combination of hardware.Figure 2 illustrates some representative moduls of example Transformation Service 20.Example PoC/IM Transformation Service can comprise subscriber's profile 30 of communicating by letter, for each subscriber has stored subscriber ID 31a and preferable interface 31b.For cellular subscribers, subscriber ID 31a can comprise mobile electron sequence number (ESN), mobile logo number (MIN) etc.For the Internet subscriber, subscriber ID 31a can be an internet address.The invention is not restricted to be used to identify any particular form of subscriber, but comprise that the service supplier can identify any means of the equipment that is connected to network.
Preferable interface 31b comprises the one or more fields that indicate the expectation interface that is used for each subscriber's received communication, extremely serves.Profile only comprises subscriber ID and expectation interface though the subscriber among Fig. 2 communicates by letter, and according to an aspect of the present invention, this subscriber profile of communicating by letter can be taked various forms.Some example subscriber communication profile forms have been shown in Fig. 3 A-3C.Fig. 3 A shows the communicate by letter criteria field of profile of subscriber, shows the session id 40 and the subscriber ID41 of sign communication session, and the subscriber's of each participant session expectation interface 42.Though do not illustrate in Fig. 3 A, subscriber's profile of communicating by letter can comprise more granularity (granularity).For example, can exist at the separation interface of locating to receive every type of communication the subscriber; Therefore, can use the interface different to present the IM text with the PoC voice.In addition, should be understood that when the place of terminal use or equipment or environment change, the expectation interface also can change.In one embodiment, the user can be based on their arrangement, come customize services to experience by the receiving interface that changes expectation, and this arrangement has reflected in the position, the change of activity, environment or other characteristic.Fig. 3 B shows and comprises the subscriber of receiving interface in the being arranged in profile of communicating by letter.Also should imagine, can also customize subscriber's profile of communicating by letter, to utilize different interfaces at communication channel with different attribute.For example, expectation is to select an interface based on the fail safe of terminal use's identity, exchange, network characteristic etc. by another interface.Fig. 3 C shows the customizable subscriber profile of communicating by letter, to utilize different receiving interfaces at the communication with preliminary election attribute.Should be understood that and to adopt the whole bag of tricks, make special requirement customization subscriber according to terminal use or exchange communicate by letter profile and any customizing messages that the invention is not restricted to comprise in the profile.
Referring again to Fig. 2, except the subscriber communicates by letter the profile 30, Transformation Service 20 comprises interface customized logic 26.Interface customized logic 26 comprises hardware and software, and wherein hardware can comprise processing engine, and software can comprise computer code, as resides in the object oriented calculation machine code on the computer-readable medium.When the user when service registry is communicated by letter profile 30 to keep the subscriber, the interface customized logic can be operated in response to control and other signals that received.With user's subsequent communications in, interface customized logic 26 access subscribers communication profile tabulation 30 thinks that transducer 34 provides translation type.Gateway interface 35 operations are used for switched communication between application server 22 and gateway 24 (Fig. 1).Before communication being forwarded to the subscriber, provide input buffer 36 being stored in the communication that server 22 places receive, and the preference information of output buffer 37 memory responses in the subscriber communicates by letter profile carried out selectively modified communication by transducer 34 by gateway.
Transducer 34 comprises the function that converts text message to speech message or sound bite and speech message is converted to text message.There are many crossover tools of these two tasks of execution in this area, and can be used for herein.According to an embodiment, transducer can be programmed to identify common text and take down in short-hand the slang term, and provides and take down in short-hand the voice that the slang term is equal to.For example, the transducer of sign shorthand ' lol ' can ' lots oflaughs ' inserts in the sound clip with word.Additional sound can insert in the voice communication represent the literal emotion icons, and this literal table feelings icon provides in word message usually with the reception and registration emotion.Also should anticipate contextual other alter modes that allow transducer more relevantly to pass on content and text message at this, the present invention is not limited only to above-mentioned example.
Fig. 4 is a flow chart, shows being held to carry out by the end-user customer to communication service of the present invention registration to handle during 50, and that can carry out shows some exemplary steps.In one embodiment, realize this service as client-server application, the client part of terminal use's operate services and application server 22 are presided over the server section of service.Be connected with application server in step 52 client, for example to server registration or the login of use predetermined password.
In step 54, as the part of connection processing, the terminal use is forwarded to Transformation Service 20 with terminal use's customizing messages.Terminal use's customizing messages can comprise subscriber communicate by letter profile and buddy list etc.Should be noted in the discussion above that as user during, the subscriber can be provided communicate by letter profile and buddy list alternatively, maybe can make the user continue to use this service at first to service registry.For example, service can comprise and allows the terminal use dynamically to customize subscriber communicate by letter profile and the related drop-down menu that presents interface etc.In addition, communication service of the present invention can comprise the ability of monitor terminal subscriber equipment characteristic, as presence etc., and in response to the subscriber that the terminal use is revised in the dynamic change of the end user device characteristic profile of communicating by letter.
In step 56, in case exchanged preliminary information (as log-on message, profile information, buddy list etc.) between client and server, client device can use this service (for example using Session Initiation Protocol) to initiate communication.
Fig. 5 is a flow chart, shows when the communication between the user who receives in active session, can be by some illustrative steps of communication service execution of the present invention.Receive at application server 22 places and serve the communication that is associated in step 62, and Session ID and subscriber identifier are extracted in communication service.In step 64, use Session ID and subscriber identifier, subscriber's profile of communicating by letter is obtained in service.Use the subscriber communicate by letter profile (with other potential external informations, as the time or be associated with the terminal use have information), the expectation end user interface that the communication service sign is used to communicate by letter.Is the form that presents on the expectation end user interface in step 66 with transition of communications, and in network communication is forwarded to the terminal use in step 68.
Therefore, the invention provides a kind of service, allow to use the different communication interfaces and the terminal use of technology to use preferred interface and technology to communicate.As mentioned above, though described PoC and IM communication service and interface, but the invention is not restricted to these specific service and interfaces, and should be understood that those skilled in the art can change the present invention at an easy rate to support PTT, PoC, IM, voice-enabled chat, MSN courier and any equivalent.Can change to allow the Feature Conversion with each technology to this service be other technologies.For example, during member among the existing IM Service Notification group, as long as among they good friend is online.This feature can be integrated in the communication service of the present invention, for example can use the PoC technology to the alarm of terminal use's propelling movement by signalings such as the tinkle of bells, or alternatively, when mobile device is connected to the mobile network, notice IM good friend.The invention provides a kind of between technology, service and interface the mechanism of bridge joint, thereby allow communication service to come to rise in value with the feature of each technology, service and interface.
Described each embodiment of the present invention, will understand, many above-mentioned accompanying drawings are flowchart illustrations of method, device (system) and computer program according to the embodiment of the invention.To understand, can come the combination of piece in illustrated each piece of realization flow figure and the flowchart illustrations by computer program instructions.These computer program instructions can be loaded on computer or other programmable data processing unit to produce a machine, these computer program instructions of carrying out on computer or other programmable data processing unit are created the method for the function that is used to be implemented in flow chart block or a plurality of appointments.These computer program instructions also can be stored in the computer-readable memory, it can guide computer or other programmable data processing unit to move with ad hoc fashion, make be stored in instruction in the computer-readable memory produce the function that comprises realization flow segment or a plurality of middle appointments indicating means product.Computer program instructions can also be loaded on computer or other programmable data processing unit so that on computer or other programmable devices, carry out the sequence of operations step, produce the computer realization program, thereby these instructions of carrying out provide the step of the function that is used for being implemented in flow chart block or a plurality of appointments on computer or other programmable devices.
Those skilled in the art should understand easily, can in a variety of forms definition functional programs of the present invention be passed to computer; Described program includes but not limited to: (a) permanent storage can not write storage medium (for example, the read only memory devices in the computer is as the ROM or the CD-ROM dish that can be read by the I/O auxiliary equipment of computer) information; (b) be stored in writeable storage medium (for example, floppy disk and hard disk drive) information convertibly; Or (c) for example with baseband signaling or broadband signalling technology (comprising the carrier signalling technology), as on computer or telephone network, by communication medium conveys, give the information of computer via modulator-demodulator.
Though invention has been described by above-mentioned exemplary embodiment, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that under the prerequisite that does not deviate from the present invention's design disclosed herein, can the embodiment that be illustrated be made amendment and change.Should be appreciated that these descriptions only are representational, those skilled in the art can add other functional descriptions or additional step and assembly.Therefore, the present invention only should be considered as being limited by the scope and spirit of claims.

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1. one kind is transmitted method for communicating to the equipment that is coupled to network, may further comprise the steps:
The terminal use's who is associated with described equipment communication is gone in reception, and described communication is to receive with the unprocessed form that is associated with the communication service of the first kind;
The subscriber that is associated with the terminal use of the visit profile of communicating by letter, this subscriber profile of communicating by letter identifies and is used for the desired format of communicating by letter to the transmission of terminal use's associated device; And
With desired format described communication is forwarded to the terminal use.
2. method according to claim 1 comprises the step that communication is converted to desired format from unprocessed form.
3. method according to claim 2, wherein, unprocessed form is instant messaging (IM) form, desired format is a phonetic matrix, and switch process uses instant messaging (IM) communication to produce voice communication.
4. method according to claim 2, wherein, unprocessed form is a phonetic matrix, desired format is instant messaging (IM) form, and switch process uses voice communication to produce instant messaging.
5. method according to claim 4, wherein, voice communication uses the service of selecting from the group that comprises push-to-talk over cellular (PoC), PTT (PTT) and voice-enabled chat technology to communicate.
6. method according to claim 1, wherein, a plurality of destination terminal uses are gone in described communication, and wherein, among described a plurality of destination terminal use each has the related subscriber profile of communicating by letter, and the described subscriber profile sign of communicating by letter is used for transmitting to the terminal use of association the desired format of communication, and wherein, said method comprising the steps of: convert described communication to a plurality of terminal uses' the desired format each from unprocessed form, so that a plurality of switched communications to be provided; And a plurality of switched communications are forwarded to corresponding a plurality of terminal use.
7. method according to claim 2, wherein, switch process comprises expresses the step that converts the full name expression to abbreviation.
8. method according to claim 2, wherein, unprocessed form is a text formatting, and desired format is a phonetic matrix, and described communication comprises emotion icons, and switch process comprises the step that produces audio-frequency fragments in response to described emotion icons.
9. equipment that comprises the computer-readable medium of having stored the service routine code, when carrying out the service routine code, described service routine code can operate in: optionally will receive and go to second terminal use's interactive type communication from first terminal use, extremely be designated as second form that expectation presents form from first format conversion that is associated with first terminal use, make the terminal use that wins to use preferred communication interface to present to the relevant terminal user with communicating by letter with second terminal use by second terminal use.
10. equipment according to claim 9, wherein, one in first and second forms is instant messaging (IM) form, and another one is a phonetic matrix.
11. equipment according to claim 10, wherein, phonetic matrix is selected from the group that comprises push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) form, PTT (PTT) form and voice-enabled chat form.
12. equipment according to claim 9 also comprises:
Profile data structure, being stored in also can be accessed by the service routine code in the computer-readable medium, and profile data structure is at each terminal use in the network, and storage preferred communication interface is arranged.
13. equipment according to claim 12, wherein, the arrangement of preferred communication interface is arrangement of time.
14. equipment according to claim 12, wherein, the arrangement of preferred communication interface is a position arrangement.
15. equipment according to claim 9, wherein, when carrying out this service routine code, described service routine code also can operate in: in response to the information relevant with the terminal use, revise the profile of terminal use's preferred communication interface arrangement.
16. equipment according to claim 15, wherein, described information comprises the information that exists that is associated with the terminal use.
17. equipment that comprises the computer-readable recording medium of the client-side program code that storage is used to serve, when carrying out the client-side program code, described client-side program code can operate in: be used to receive and the preferable interface of serving the communication that is associated to the server application indication.
18. equipment according to claim 17, wherein, described preferable interface is selected from the group that comprises text interface and speech interface.
19. equipment according to claim 18, wherein, speech interface is associated with one of push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) service, PTT (PTT) service and voice-enabled chat service.
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