System and method for telephonic presence via e-mail and short message service
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1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
- a wireless packet network;
a cellular telephone network;
a server for interfacing said wireless packet network and said cellular telephone network, said server including a controller adapted to send and receive predetermined text commands suitable for sending over a transport protocol on low speed networks, over said wireless packet network for control of functions of said cellular telephone network, in order to operate the two networks economically as a single coordinated network for voice, status, and control.
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Abstract
A telecommunications device includes a broker module that translates telephone, mail and presence status information into short coded plain-text strings suitable for transmission over low-speed, high latency, high-cost IP networks. The broker module further transmits and receives such messages, to allow a user to monitor voicemail, e-mail, IM, and presence status, as well as control various telephone functions remotely.
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20 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a wireless packet network;
a cellular telephone network;
a server for interfacing said wireless packet network and said cellular telephone network, said server including a controller adapted to send and receive predetermined text commands suitable for sending over a transport protocol on low speed networks, over said wireless packet network for control of functions of said cellular telephone network, in order to operate the two networks economically as a single coordinated network for voice, status, and control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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interfacing a wireless packet network and a cellular telephone network;
sending and receiving predetermined text commands suitable for sending over a transport protocol on low speed networks, wherein said sending and receiving comprises sending and receiving over said wireless packet network for control of functions of said cellular telephone network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a wireless network including a wireless voice network, a wireless packet network, and one or more remote clients operably coupled to said wireless voice network and said wireless packet network;
a local area network including one or more function servers and one or more client devices;
wherein said one or more client devices are adapted to receive update and control information from said one or more function servers, translate said update and control information to a text-based protocol, and transmit said update and control information to said one or more remote clients via said wireless packet network; and
wherein said update and control information can be used to access a telephone network from said one or more remote clients via said wireless voice network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A telecommunications device, comprising:
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one or more network interface clients; and
a communications broker, said communications broker adapted to translate status and control information from said one or more interface clients into a text-based protocol suitable for transmission on a low-speed network; and
wherein said one or more network interface clients is adapted to transmit translated status and control information via a wireless packet network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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