User experience with residential voice gateways

• US 20060072548A1
• Filed: 09/30/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telogy Networks, Inc. (Texas Instruments, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Telogy Networks, Inc. (Texas Instruments, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sindhwani, Manoj, Mundra, Satish Kumar M., Yadavalli, Satyamurthy
• Application Number:
  US10/954,893
• Publication Number:
  US 20060072548A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1026 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols

Abstract

A method and system that enables IP (Internet Protocol)-like features on a conventional telephone that is connected to a device that handles voice calls on a network, such as a media gateway. The device sends messages concerning acknowledgement of call features, call status, call updates, and diagnostic or informative error information to the caller identification display on the conventional telephone.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting messages from a network device to a telephone, comprising:

connecting a conventional telephone, comprising a caller identification (Caller-ID) display, to a network device;

connecting said network device to a network;

generating a Caller-ID signal containing a non-Caller-ID message;

transmitting said signal, using Caller-ID protocols, to said telephone; and

displaying said message on said Caller-ID display.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering said gateway with an application server on said network when a call is attempted on said telephone; and

transmitting, using said caller-ID signal, a message gateway to said caller-ID display regarding the status of said registration.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said connecting said conventional telephone comprises connecting an analog telephone.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating said signal comprises generating an acknowledgement signal after activation of a telephony service feature, and

said displaying comprises displaying a message corresponding to said telephony service activation.

5. The methods of claim 1, wherein said generating said signal comprises generating a signal for an event update during a third party call, and

said displaying comprises displaying a message corresponding to said event update.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating said signal comprises generating a signal for a call status after activation of a telephony service, and

said displaying comprises displaying a message corresponding to said call status.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying comprises displaying a description of a type of incoming call to said telephone.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said connecting comprises connecting a conventional telephone to a media gateway on said network.

9. A system, comprising:

a voice over packet transmission device connected to a network;

a conventional telephone, connected to said device, comprising a caller identification (Caller-ID) display,

wherein said device generates caller-ID signal containing a non-caller-ID message and transmits said message for display on said Caller-ID display.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

an application server connected to said network, wherein said device attempts a registration on said server after powering-up, and

said device transmits a message, using said caller-ID signal, to said caller-ID display regarding the status of the registration.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein said conventional telephone is an analog telephone connected to said device.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein said voice over packet device is a media gateway connected to said network.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein said device sends an acknowledgement message, using said caller-ID signal, to said telephone after activation of a telephony service feature, and

said Caller-ID display displays said acknowledgement message in said caller-ID signal.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein said device sends an event update message, using said caller-ID signal, to said telephone, and

said Caller-ID said displays said update message in said caller-ID signal.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein said device sends a call status message to said telephone when a telephony service is activated, and

said Caller-ID display displays said call status message.