Complex wireless service arrangement using wired or wireless communication systems

• US 20040242230A1
• Filed: 05/28/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Rue, Seon-Soo
• Application Number:
  US10/855,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20040242230A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A complex wireless service arrangement using wired or wireless communication systems allows, with a terminal device, a service using a broadband mobile communication system when the terminal device is positioned in a public wireless network (e.g., broadband wireless service network), and a service using a wired and wireless complex gateway where a home or private (narrowband wireless service) wireless technique such as WLAN, Bluetooth, UWB or the like is available, and a wired communication system such as xDSL/Ethernet/POTS or the like in an inbuilding/inhouse area. A call drop is prevented upon moving between areas when the terminal device is busy, and allows, in the narrowband service range, a service provided in the wired and wireless complex gateway, and a service in association with a broadband wireless network via the wired network.

Claims

1. A complex wireless service arrangement comprising:

an Access Point (AP) using a narrowband wireless protocol and connected to a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) in an inhouse area and to a Private Branch Exchange (PBX) in an inbuilding area via one of an internal wired or wireless complex gateway depending on a wired network structure connected to either a public network or a private network, the AP adapted to selectively send information to the complex wireless service arrangement and to at least one terminal connected to the private network, or to send incoming paging information to the terminal, and to receive a connection signal from the wireless complex service arrangement to allocate a network connection channel, and to selectively provide a gateway function via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) connection, a Local Area Network (LAN) connection via a wired communication line connection, and a handoff between APs in the private network;

a gateway connected to the private and public networks and adapted to interface data therebetween;

a Home Location Register (HLR) arranged in the gateway and at least one of the private network or public network and adapted to store at least one of public or private network subscriber information, and to perform perfect failure monitoring and real time database processing, and to perform both registration and cancellation of the private or public network subscriber information and complex wireless service arrangement information, and to perform renewal of information in association with at least one of a switching center, a short message service center, a network management center and a customer center;

an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server arranged in the private and public networks and adapted to manage authentication, authorization and accounting of private and public network subscribers; and

a wired management server arranged in the broadband and wired networks and adapted to provide content information requested by a user when content services are requested from the complex wireless service arrangement via one of the broadband network or the wired network.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending phone number information including area code information of a call to the correspondent wired terminal from the wireless terminal to the AP via the private network; and

separating the area code from the phone number transmitted from the terminal in the AP and thereafter transmitting only the net phone number information of the wired terminal to the PSTN line.

2. A method of handling an outgoing call in a wireless terminal using a complex wireless service arrangement, the method comprising:

performing a call service setting procedure at an Access Point (AP) using a narrowband wireless protocol and performing call resource confirmation and terminal authentication in response to a call setup request from the wireless terminal to the AP;

providing a call setup response signal to the wireless terminal, and connecting the call to Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) line upon completion of the terminal authentication; and

generating a ring-back tone signal at the wireless terminal to indicate that the call is being connected in response to the call setup response signal sent from the AP, and performing a call connection to a correspondent terminal in response to a busy signal generated after completion of the call connection.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending call disconnection information of the wireless terminal from the PSTN to an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server if the correspondent terminal requests a call disconnection during a call between the wireless terminal and the correspondent terminal;

performing, at the AP, a call disconnection procedure using a narrowband wireless protocol in response to a call clearing request signal from the wireless terminal; and

sending a call clearing response signal from the AP to the wireless terminal and sending terminal disconnection information to the AAA server after performing the call disconnection procedure.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending a call disconnection request signal from the wireless terminal that requested the call to the AP in response to a call disconnection request from the wireless terminal during a call between the wireless terminal and the correspondent terminal;

performing, at the AP receiving the call disconnection request signal, a call disconnection procedure of the wireless terminal via the narrowband wireless protocol and eliminating the call connected to the PSTN line; and

sending a call clearing response signal from the AP to the wireless terminal that has requested the call disconnection, and sending call disconnection information of the wireless terminal to the AAA server in response to the completion of the call clearing.

6. A method of call forwarding for an outgoing call of a wireless terminal using a wired and wireless complex service arrangement, the method comprising:

determining, at an Access Point (AP), whether Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) lines connected to the AP are all busy in response to a call signal received from the wireless terminal arranged in a private network;

providing current PSTN line status information and information indicating that a call forwarding to a broadband network is available to the wireless terminal, and transmitting broadband network availability menu information to the wireless terminal to display it on the wireless terminal in response to a determination that all of the PSTN lines connected to the AP are busy; and

connecting a call from the AP to a correspondent terminal via the broadband network by sending a phone number previously transmitted by the wireless terminal to the broadband network via the gateway in response to the wireless terminal selecting a call forwarding menu to the broadband network in response to the displayed broadband network availability menu.

7. A method of handling an outgoing call of a wireless terminal using a wired and wireless complex service arrangement, the method comprising:

determining, at an Access Point (AP), whether Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) lines connected to the AP are all busy in response to a call signal received from the wireless terminal positioned in a private network;

sending current busy status information of the PSTN line and VoIP data network connection possibility information of the AP from the AP to the wireless terminal in response to a determination that the PSTN lines are all busy; and

transmitting a phone number previously sent by the wireless terminal from the AP to the data service network via a gateway to connect a call to a correspondent terminal via a VoIP network in response to a data network connection request from the wireless terminal in response to the sent current busy status information of the PSTN line and data network connection possibility information.

8. A method of handling an incoming call of a wireless terminal using a wired and wireless complex service arrangement, the method comprising:

specifying a Caller ID (CID) of a specific wireless terminal for an incoming call reception in a database in either an Access Point (AP) or a Private Branch Exchange (PBX);

analyzing whether or not the CID is included in the received incoming call at the AP or PBX in response to an incoming call received from a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or a data network;

retrieving the CID of the incoming wireless terminal specified in the database of the AP or PBX to determine whether or not the CID of the incoming specified wireless terminal exists in response to the CID being included in the received incoming call;

determining whether or not an associated specified terminal is positioned in the terminal service area in response to a determination that the incoming specified wireless terminal exists, and in response to a determination that the associated specified terminal is positioned in the terminal service area, requesting the incoming call service to the incoming specified wireless terminal; and

connecting a call between the associated terminal and the incoming specified wireless terminal and performing the call service in response to a determination that a call service response received from the associated specified terminal upon an incoming call service request.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising requesting an incoming call service for all terminals connected to the AP in response to a determination that no the incoming specified wireless terminal exists in the database in the AP or PBX, upon an associated specified terminal not being positioned within the terminal service area, and upon no call service response from the associated specified terminal.

10. A method of handling an incoming call of a wireless terminal using a wired and wireless complex service arrangement, the method comprising:

specifying a Short Message Service (SMS) service for sending an SMS message to an associated specific terminal upon no call service response from the associated specific terminal in response to a call service request to the associated specific terminal while the call service is specified in a specific terminal for a received CID in a database in an Access Point (AP) or a Private Branch Exchange (PBX);

determining, at the AP or PBX, whether or not the CID is included in the received incoming call in response to an incoming call received via a PSTN or a data network while the SMS service is specified to the specific terminal;

determining whether or not an incoming specified terminal for the associated CID exists in response to a determination that the CID is included in the associated incoming call, and upon a determination that the incoming specified terminal exists, requesting the incoming call to the associated terminal;

calling all terminals connected to the AP in response to a determination that no response from the specified terminal exists in response to the incoming call request; and

sending an SMS message including the CID to the SMS specified terminal, and sending the SMS message including the CID to the correspondent terminal via the PSTN or the data network in response to a determination that no response to the call exists from all of the terminals after calling.

11. A method of handling an incoming call of a complex wireless terminal using a wired and wireless complex service arrangement, the method comprising:

specifying a call forwarding service to a specific terminal for a received Caller ID (CID) in a database in an Access Point (AP) or a Private Branch Exchange (PBX);

determining, at the AP or PBX, whether the CID is included in the received incoming call in response to an incoming call received via a PSTN or a data network while the call forwarding service is specified to the specific terminal;

determining whether or not an incoming specified terminal for the associated CID exists, and requesting the incoming call to the associated wireless terminal if the incoming specified wireless terminal exists upon a determination that the CID is included in the associated incoming call;

calling all terminals connected to the AP, and if no response to the call from the all terminals exists upon receiving no response from a terminal specified in response to the incoming call request, sending an SMS message including the CID to an SMS specified terminal, and then is sending the SMS message including the CID to a correspondent terminal via the PSTN or the data network; and

requesting, at the AP or PBX, a call forwarding service including specified specific terminal information to the PBX.

12. A method of handling an incoming call of a wireless terminal using a wired and wireless complex service arrangement, the method comprising:

requesting an incoming call, at an Access Point (AP) or a Private Branch Exchange (PBX), to the wireless terminal in response to an incoming call service request from a PSTN or a wired data network;

performing a call connection of the incoming call to the wireless terminal via the PSTN or the data network by sending an incoming call service response signal to the PSTN or the PBX in response to the incoming call request from the wireless terminal;

notifying, at the wireless terminal, incoming call information as to whether or not the incoming call from the broadband network has been received by a sounding a beep or displaying a message for a broadband network incoming call service request in response to an incoming call service request to the wireless terminal via the broadband network while a call between terminals is made via the PSTN or data network; and

holding the previous call at the AP and notifying the hold for the previous call to the PSTN or the data network, and then sending a response signal to the broadband network to connect the call with a correspondent terminal via the broadband network in response to a hold request for an previous call using an arbitrary key of the wireless terminal to receive the incoming call from the broadband network.

13. A content service method via a wired network in a wired and wireless complex service arrangement, the method comprising:

requesting, at an Access Point (AP), a content service to an application server via the wired network in response to a content service request of a wireless terminal; and

sending, at the application server, a response signal to the content service request to the wireless terminal via the AP in response to the content service request from the AP, and then downloading content information, requested by a user, and stored in the application server, to the wireless terminal via the AP.

14. A home networking service method using a wireless terminal in a wired and wireless complex service arrangement, the method comprising:

requesting a content service to an application server of a wired network via a broadband wireless network in response to a home networking service request from the wireless terminal via the broadband wireless network to use the home networking service using the application server of the wired network via the broadband wireless network;

sending a response signal from the application server to the wireless terminal via the broadband wireless network;

selecting a desired home network service to send to the application server via the broadband wireless network according to a home networking service response of the application server;

requesting, at the application server, a home electronic device control to an Access Point (AP) in response to the home electronic device control service request sent from the wireless terminal;

controlling, at the AP, an associated function of an associated home electronic device in response to a request of the home electronic device control from the application server, and

sending a home electronic device control response signal to the application server, and sending a home networking service completion response signal from the application server that has received the home electronic device response signal to the wireless terminal via the broadband network.