Telephone bridging method

• US 20030129963A1
• Filed: 01/10/2002
• Published: 07/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chang-Sheng Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Chang-Sheng Incorporated
• Inventors: Nurcahya, Hadi
• Granted Patent: US 6,885,856 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/406
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8083 involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions or volume discounts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0184 involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions, volume discounts, cell discounts, group billing, frequent calling destination(s) or user history list
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2026 Wireless network, e.g. GSM, PCS, TACS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42195 Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy H04M3/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A method for connecting a source telephone to a target telephone by communicating to a computer system the telephone number of the source telephone, and communicating to the computer system the telephone number of the target telephone, with the computer system originating a connection to the source telephone and originating a connection to the target telephone. The computer system then connects the source telephone to the target telephone. The computer system for this system may include a PBX system and computers capable of managing phone calls to and from the PBX system to accommodate both two party and multiple party calls.

Claims

1. A method for connecting a source telephone to a target telephone, the method comprising:

communicating from the source telephone to a computer system the telephone number of the source telephone;

communicating from the source telephone to the computer system the telephone number of the target telephone;

completing a connection from the computer system to the source telephone;

completing a connection from the computer system to the target telephone; and

connecting the source telephone with the target telephone via the computer system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the source telephone is a cellular telephone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the source telephone is a mobile telephone.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communicating step comprises completing a telephone call from the source telephone to the computer.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein in the first communicating step the computer devices the telephone number of the source telephone from the caller ID information embedded in the ring sequence.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the second communicating step comprises inputting target telephone information in the call completed by the source telephone to the computer.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the second communicating step comprises the substeps of:

initiating and completing a call from the computer to the source telephone after the source telephone has been identified; and

receiving target telephone data from the source telephone.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the target telephone information comprises a computer address for stored information.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein:

communicating to the computer system is made by a telephone call from the source telephone; and

communicating to the computer system the telephone number of the source telephone is accomplished using an automated caller identification system.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein:

communicating to the computer system is done by a telephone call from a telephone other than the source telephone.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein:

communicating to the computer system is done by a computer on a global computer network.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the second communicating step includes information for a plurality of target telephones.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the completing and connecting steps with the target telephone include connecting the target telephones with one another and the source telephone.

15. A method for connecting a source telephone with a discounted rate for incoming calls to a target telephone, the method comprising:

initiating a call from the mobile telephone to a computer system;

indicating to the computer system the telephone number of the source telephone;

indicating to the computer system the telephone number of the target telephone;

disconnecting the call to the computer system;

the computer system initiating a call from the computer system to the source telephone;

the computer system initiating a call from the computer system to the target telephone; and

the computer system conferencing the source telephone and the target telephone.

16. A method for completing a call between a source telephone and a target telephone comprising the steps:

instructing a computer system to connect to the source telephone;

instructing the computer system to connect to the target telephone;

instructing the computer system to connect the source telephone to the target telephone.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the source telephone is a cellular telephone.