System and method for telephonic presence via e-mail and short message service

• US 20050037741A1
• Filed: 08/12/2003
• Published: 02/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Information And Communication Networks, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Siemens Information And Communication Networks, Inc.
• Inventors: Gilbert, Leroy Edwin
• Application Number:
  US10/639,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20050037741A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• 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

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.

Claims

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.

2. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said controller is adapted to send or receive said predetermined text commands as e-mail messages.

3. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said controller is adapted to send or receive said predetermined text commands as Simple Message Service (SMS) messages.

4. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said functions include voice messaging status and control functions.

5. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said functions include presence functions.

6. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said functions include telephone status and control functions.

7. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said wireless packet network is a wireless local area network.

8. A telecommunications method, comprising:

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.

9. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 8, wherein said sending and receiving comprises sending or receiving said predetermined text commands as e-mail messages.

10. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 8, wherein said sending and receiving comprises sending or receiving said predetermined text commands as Simple Message Service (SMS) messages.

11. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 8, wherein said functions include voice messaging status and control functions.

12. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 8, wherein said functions include presence functions.

13. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 8, wherein said functions include telephone status and control functions.

14. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 8, wherein said wireless packet network is a wireless local area network.

15. A telecommunications system, comprising:

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.

16. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 15, wherein said update and control information is transmitted via SMS protocol.

17. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 15, wherein said update and control information is transmitted via e-mail.

18. A telecommunications device, comprising:

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.

19. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 18, wherein said status and control information is transmitted via e-mail.

20. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 18, wherein said status and control information is transmitted via SMS.