Methods, systems, and products for maintaining communications service reachability

• US 20050226162A1
• Filed: 03/30/2004
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Schwartz, Eric Charles, Shrum, Edgar Vaughan Jr.
• Application Number:
  US10/813,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20050226162A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/241
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method determines a state of an Internet Protocol communications device. The method then reconfigures call routing information based upon the state of the Internet Protocol communications device.

Claims

1. A method of providing communications services, comprising the steps of:

determining a state of an Internet Protocol communications device; and

reconfiguring call routing information based upon the state of the Internet Protocol communications device.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining the state of the Internet Protocol communications device comprises determining whether the Internet Protocol communications device fails to respond to a communication.

3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of:

if the Internet Protocol communications device fails to respond to the communication, then reconfiguring the call routing information based upon at least one of i) network-defined logic and ii) subscriber-defined logic.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of reconfiguring the call routing information based upon network-defined logic.

5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of reconfiguring the call routing information based upon a subscriber profile.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining the state of the Internet Protocol communications device comprises polling the Internet Protocol communications device.

7. A method of providing communications services, comprising the steps of:

polling an Internet Protocol communications device to determine if a signaling path exists in a Voice-Over Internet Protocol communications network; and

if the signaling path fails to exist, then reconfiguring call routing information based upon at least one of i) network-defined logic and ii) subscriber-defined logic,

wherein the call routing information is reconfigured based upon an availability of the Internet Protocol communications device.

8. A method of providing communications services, comprising the steps of:

polling an Internet Protocol communications device to determine if a signaling path exists in a Voice-Over Internet Protocol communications network; and

if a response is not received within a specified time, then reconfiguring call routing information based upon at least one of 1) the network-defined logic and ii) the subscriber-defined logic,

wherein the call routing information is reconfigured based upon an availability of the Internet Protocol communications device.

9. A system, comprising:

a Communications Module stored in a memory device, and a processor communicating with the memory device;

the Communications Module determining a state of an Internet Protocol communications device and reconfiguring call routing information based upon the state of the Internet Protocol communications device.

10. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium; and

a Communications Module stored on the computer-readable medium, the Communications Module determining a state of an Internet Protocol communications device and reconfiguring call routing information based upon the state of the Internet Protocol communications device.