Authentication mechanism for telephony devices
First Claim
1. A method for serving a plurality of communication devices associated with a plurality of subscribers, comprising:
- determining that at least first and second subscribers are in the vicinity of a selected communication device at least once during a defined time interval; and
configuring the selected communication device according to a first set of preferences associated with the first subscriber before the first subscriber causes the selected communication device to perform a telephony function and according to a second set of preferences associated with the second subscriber before the second subscriber causes the selected communication device to perform the telephony function, wherein the first and second sets of preferences being different from one another.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a presence aware network 100 that includes a plurality of communication devices 124a-n and 128a-n, associated with a plurality of subscribers. Each communication device may be configured automatically according to a first set of preferences associated with a first subscriber when the first subscriber performs a telephony function on the communication device and according to a second set of preferences when a different second subscriber performs the telephony function on the communication device. The first and second sets of preferences are different from one another.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for serving a plurality of communication devices associated with a plurality of subscribers, comprising:
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determining that at least first and second subscribers are in the vicinity of a selected communication device at least once during a defined time interval; and
configuring the selected communication device according to a first set of preferences associated with the first subscriber before the first subscriber causes the selected communication device to perform a telephony function and according to a second set of preferences associated with the second subscriber before the second subscriber causes the selected communication device to perform the telephony function, wherein the first and second sets of preferences being different from one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for routing an incoming contact, comprising:
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receiving a first wireless signal at a first communication device, the first wireless signal being emitted by a first emitter carried by a first subscriber and comprising a first set of credentials associated with the first subscriber;
authenticating the first set of credentials;
when the authentication of the first set of credentials is successful, granting access to a telephony function of the first communication device; and
when the authentication of the first set of credentials is unsuccessful, denying access to the telephony function of the first communication device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A presence aware network, comprising:
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a presence server operable to access presence information associated with a plurality of network subscribers;
a plurality of communication devices connected to the network and associated with the plurality of subscribers;
a subscriber location table listing available communication devices, including, for at least one of the listed communication devices, a listing of two or more subscribers concurrently registered with the at least one of the listed communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A presence aware network, comprising:
a plurality of communication devices, at least one of the communication devices being simultaneously associated with at least first and second subscribers, the at least one communication device being operable to be configured according to a first set of preferences associated with a first subscriber, when the first subscriber performs a telephony function on the at least one of the communication devices and according to a second set of preferences when a second subscriber performs the telephony function on the at least one of the communication devices, wherein the first and second sets of preferences are different from one another. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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