【WebRTC基础系列】Mid-call features

1.什么是Mid-call?

BACKGROUND 

This invention relates to mid-call features in a telephone communication system. 

Many telephone systems provide users with mid-call features that may be invoked while a call is in progress. For example, in a telephone system using a convention Private Branch Exchange (PBX), a user may press a "hook flash" button on their telephone set (terminal) that is detected by the PBX. Examples of a mid-call feature include establishment of a three-way call, call transfer, and answering or other disposition(处理，处置) of an second incoming call. 

CDMA and GSM cellular telephone systems also provide some mid-call features. For example, in some systems a second inbound call may be answered by a user, by pressing the "Call" button on a mobile telephone and the subscriber can toggle between the two calls with the cellular telephone system switching the call that is sent to the user's telephone. Similarly, in some systems, a user may establish a multiple-party conference during an existing call by dialing and pressing the "call" button. 

Some telephony systems also provide access to mid-call features by monitoring the audio signal passing from a telephone to detect signaling tones(拨号音) (i.e., dual-tone multiple frequency, DTMF).