System and method for providing integrated voice and data services utilizing wired cordless access with unlicensed/unregulated spectrum

• US 10,045,399 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2015
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hicks, III, John Alson, Patterson, Gregory Nelson, Smith, William L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Xavier Szewai
• Application Number:
  US14/883,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20160036970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,028 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/185 wireless packet-switched
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42263 where the same subscriber uses different terminals, i.e. nomadism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0066 Details of access arrangements to the networks where the access arrangement is a PSTN/ISDN access H04M7/122
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/16 WPBX [Wireless Private Branch Exchange]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Integrated voice and data services are provided that utilize wired cordless access with unlicensed/unregulated connectivity sources. A digital cordless telephone operates over unlicensed/unregulated spectrum in conjunction with one or more wireless access points (WAPs) that are installed in homes, businesses, entertainment venues, and the like. The WAPs are connected to a communications service provider'"'"'s broadband packet data network. A user may use the device when they are in range of another wireless access point in a public or private building that also is connected to their communications service provider'"'"'s broadband packet data network.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, information of a call directed to a telephone number assigned to a wireless device and a cellular device;

in response to determining that the call was answered via the wireless device, sending, by the system via a first wireless access point device of a first wireless network that is associated with a first service provider, a first data packet of the call directed to the wireless device utilizing a voice over internet protocol;

receiving, by the system, a medium access control address from the wireless device via a second wireless access point device of a second wireless network that is associated with a second service provider different from the first service provider;

assigning, by the system using the medium access control address, an internet protocol address to the wireless device; and

in response to a subscriber identity module component of the wireless device being determined to identify the second service provider as an authorized service provider,

sending, by the system via the second wireless access point device, a second data packet of the call directed to the wireless device and

establishing, by the system, a voice over internet protocol session via the first wireless access point device, the second wireless access point device, and the wireless device using the internet protocol address.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining, by the system, identification information from the wireless device; and

determining, by the system, a service based on the identification information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

providing, by the system via the first wireless access point device and the second wireless access point device, portions of the service to the wireless device during the call.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

directing, by the system, the call to a broadband residential gateway device, wherein the call is serviceable via a wired network device in response to the call being determined to have been answered by the wired network device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

servicing, by the system, the call via an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11b wireless connection between the wireless device and the first wireless access point device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

servicing, by the system, the call via an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11b wireless connection between the wireless device and the second wireless access point device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the receiving the information associated with the call, determining, by the system, whether a data store comprises subscriber information associated with the call; and

initiating, by the system, the call to the wireless device based on the subscriber information.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving information of a call directed to a telephone number assigned to a wireless device and a cellular device;

in response to detecting that the call was answered via the wireless device, sending, via a first wireless access point device of a first wireless network that is associated with a voice over internet protocol and a first service provider, first data associated with the call directed to the wireless device;

receiving a medium access control address from the wireless device via a second wireless access point device of a second wireless network that is associated with the voice over internet protocol and a second service provider that is different from the first service provider;

based on the medium access control address, assigning an internet protocol address to the wireless device; and

in response to determining, based on service provider information that has been obtained from the wireless device, that the wireless device has been authorized access to the second wireless access point device via the second wireless access point device associated with the second service provider,

sending, via the second wireless access point device, second data associated with the call directed to the wireless device and

creating a voice over internet protocol session via the first wireless access point device, the second wireless access point device, and the wireless device utilizing the internet protocol address.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving identification information from the wireless device; and

determining a service based on the identification information.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing, via the first wireless access point device and the second wireless access point device, portions of the service to the wireless device during the call.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

forwarding the call to a broadband device, wherein the call is serviceable via a wired network device in response to the call being determined to have been answered by the wired network device.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

servicing the call via an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11b wireless connection between the wireless device and the first wireless access point device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

servicing the call via an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11b wireless connection between the wireless device and the second wireless access point device.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the receiving the information, determining whether a data store comprises subscriber information associated with the call; and

forwarding the first data to the wireless device based on the subscriber information.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving information of a call directed to a telephone number of a cellular telephone associated with a cellular network and a mobile device associated with a first wireless network, wherein the first wireless network is associated with a voice over internet protocol;

in response to determining that the call was answered via the mobile device, sending a first data packet associated with the call directed to the mobile device via a first wireless access point device of the first wireless network;

in response to receiving a medium access control address from the mobile device via a second wireless network that is associated with a second service provider that is different than a first service provider associated with the first wireless network, assigning an internet protocol address to the mobile device;

in response to service provider information that has been received from the mobile device being determined to identify the second service provider as an authorized service provider, sending a second data packet associated with the call directed to the mobile device via a second wireless access point device of the second network according to the voice over internet protocol, and

creating a session based on the voice over internet protocol via the first wireless access point device, the second wireless access point device, and the mobile device utilizing the internet protocol address.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving identification information from the mobile device; and

determining a service based on the identification information.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing, via the first wireless access point device and the second wireless access point device, a portion of the service to the mobile device during the call.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

forwarding the call to a broadband device, wherein the call is serviceable via a wired network device in response to the call being answered via the wired network device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

servicing the call via an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11b wireless connection between the mobile device and the first wireless access point device.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

servicing the call via an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11b wireless connection between the mobile device and the second wireless access point device.