Communications terminal, a system and a method for internet/network telephony

• US 10,237,375 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2016
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Buffalo Patents, LLC
• Original Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hein-Magnussen, Jon, Kuhlmann, Peer, Stenfeldt Hansen, Lars
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Tri H
• Application Number:
  US15/396,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20170237832A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/085 specially adapted for interworking of IP-based networks with other networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• 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

A communication terminal for Internet telephony is provided that handles and control communication of data in accordance with a standardized network protocol and exchanges data with a connecting unit connected to the Internet where the resulting data exchanged between the terminal and a connecting unit consist of packets in a standardized protocol data packet format embedded in a wireless format. This provides a communications terminal which uses a network or the Internet for the transfer of digitized speech, etc., thereby achieving great economic savings. Also, the flexibility is increased with respect to wireless communication with the network or the Internet without any need for specialized equipment and functionality.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, via a near field network by a device comprising at least one processor, first wireless data, formatted according to a near field network protocol of the near field network, within which is embedded a data packet formatted according to another network protocol of another network;

generating, by the device based on the near field wireless data, second wireless data formatted according to the other network protocol, the second wireless data comprising the data packet extracted from the first wireless data; and

sending, by the device, the second wireless data directed to a destination device via the other network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the first wireless data via, as the near field network protocol, at least one of a radio frequency communication protocol, a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol, or an infrared communications protocol.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving, as the data packet, digital audio data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the device via the other network, another data packet formatted according to the other network protocol;

embedding, by the device, the other data packet in third wireless data formatted according to the near field network protocol; and

sending, by the device via the near field network, the third wireless data directed to another destination device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the sending the third wireless data comprises sending the third wireless data directed to at least one of a headset device, a telephone device, or an ear telephone device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the first wireless data comprises receiving the first wireless data from at least one of a headset device, a telephone device, or an ear telephone device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the second wireless data comprises generating the second wireless data formatted according to, as the other network protocol, at least one of a transmission control protocol, an Internet protocol, or a point-to-point protocol.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein

the receiving comprises receiving, as a portion of the first wireless data, contact information, and

the sending comprises identifying the destination device based on the contact information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending comprises:

determining, based on availability information stored on a server device accessible via the other network, whether the destination device is available; and

sending the second wireless data in response to determining, based on the availability information, that the destination device is available.

10. A system, comprising

a memory that stores executable instructions;

and

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving first wireless data via a near field network, wherein the first wireless data is formatted to accord to a near field network protocol of the near field network, and wherein the first wireless data comprises a wireless data packet formatted according to another network protocol of a different network;

extracting the wireless data packet from the first wireless data to yield an extracted packet;

creating second wireless data formatted to accord to the other network protocol, wherein the second wireless data includes the extracted packet; and

transmitting the second wireless data directed to a destination device via the different network.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the near field network protocol is at least one of a radio frequency communication protocol, a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol, or an infrared communications protocol.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the data packet comprises digital audio information.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the destination device is a first destination device and the wireless data packet is a first wireless data packet, and the operations further comprise:

receiving a second wireless data packet formatted to accord to the other network protocol;

creating third wireless data that is formatted to accord to the near field network protocol, wherein the creating comprises embedding the second wireless data packet in the third wireless data; and

transmitting the third wireless data directed to a second destination device via the near field network.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one of the first destination device or the second destination device is at least one of a headset device, a telephone device, or an ear telephone device.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the other network protocol is at least one of a transmission control protocol, an Internet protocol, or a point-to-point protocol.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein

the first wireless data comprises contact information identifying the first destination device, and

the transmitting comprises transmitting the second wireless data based on the contact information.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, via a near field network, first wireless data that conforms to a near field network protocol of the near field network, wherein a data packet, which conforms to another network protocol of another network is included in the first wireless data;

generating, based on the first wireless data, second wireless data that conforms to the other network protocol, wherein the generating comprises including the data packet, extracted from the first wireless data, in the second wireless data; and

transmitting the second wireless data directed to a destination device via the other network.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the first wireless data via, as the near field network protocol, at least one of a radio frequency communication protocol, a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol, or an infrared communications protocol.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise extracting the data packet from the first wireless data.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the second wireless data via, as the other network protocol, at least one of a transmission control protocol, an Internet protocol, or a point-to-point protocol.