US 12,483,627 B2
Method and apparatus for establishing a communication between a first and a second communication device
Vincent Alleaume, Pace (FR); Pierrick Jouet, Rennes (FR); Anthony Laurent, Vignoc (FR); and Caroline Baillard, Saint Sulpice la Foret (FR)
Assigned to INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 18/266,892
Filed by InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/085646
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/129017, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20306580 (EP), filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056503 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 67/141 (2013.01) [H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for establishing a communication between a first communication device and a second communication device, the method comprising:
capturing, by the first communication device, a first image of a first person;
identifying the first person by matching features of the first image to stored features of further images;
retrieving information related to a communication device associated with the identified first person;
on condition that no communication device is associated with the identified first person:
selecting a second communication device associated with a second person, and transmitting, to the selected second communication device, a request to handover the selected second communication device to the first person and establishing a communication between the first communication device and the second communication device when detecting that the second communication device is handed over to the first person corresponding to the first image.