VOIP TO WIRELESS GATEWAY

• US 20060209792A1
• Filed: 06/14/2005
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RCZ LLC
• Original Assignee: Logitel Corporation
• Inventors: Nurnberger, Alfred R.
• Application Number:
  US11/160,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20060209792A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols

Abstract

A VoIP to wireless gateway, comprising an internet protocol interface, adapted to be connected to a standard data line. Additionally, a data processing unit is connected to the internet protocol interface, includes an audio port assembly and is adapted to sort streams of internet protocol packets from the internet protocol interface and to arrange them into a set of audio signals which are transmitted by way of the audio port assembly, and to do the reverse operation for signals arriving from the audio port assembly. Also, a set of wireless transceivers are communicatively connected to the data processing unit. Also included is a power supply that powers both the data processing assembly and the set of wireless transceivers.

Claims

1. A VoIP to wireless gateway, comprising:

(a) an internet protocol interface;

(b) a data processing unit, connected to said internet protocol interface and including an audio port assembly, and adapted to sort streams of internet protocol packets from said internet protocol interface and to arrange them into a set of audio signals which are transmitted by way of said audio port assembly, and to do the reverse operation for signals arriving from said audio port assembly;

(c) a set of wireless transceivers, communicatively connected to said data processing unit; and

(d) wherein said internet protocol interface is a wireless internet protocol interface, adapted to send and receive data over a frequency assigned to wireless telephony.

2. The VoIP to wireless gateway of claim 1, wherein said wireless internet protocol interface is adapted to connect to a broadband wireless data line.

3. The VoIP to wireless gateway of claim 1, wherein said wireless internet protocol interface is adapted to connect to an EVDO line.

4. A VoIP to wireless gateway, comprising:

(a) an internet protocol interface;

(b) a data processing unit, connected to said internet protocol interface and including an audio port assembly, and adapted to sort streams of internet protocol packets from said internet protocol interface and to arrange them into a set of audio signals which are transmitted by way of said audio port assembly, and to do the reverse operation for signals arriving from said audio port assembly;

(c) a set of wireless transceivers, communicatively connected to said data processing unit; and

(d) wherein said data processing unit is configured to match a called telephone number on a telephone call arriving over said internet protocol interface to a least cost option for terminating said arriving telephone call.

5. The VoIP to wireless gateway of claim 4, further comprising at least one telephone line interface, adapted to connect to a multi-line telephone cable and communicatively connected to said data processing unit and wherein said least cost option for terminating said arriving telephone call may be a line of said multi-line telephone cable.

6. The VoIP to wireless gateway of claim 4, wherein an incoming call from a specific cellular service provider is routed to a wireless transceiver contracted to said specific cellular service provider.

7. A VoIP to wireless gateway, comprising:

(a) an internet protocol interface;

(b) a data processing unit, connected to said internet protocol interface and including an audio port assembly, and adapted to sort streams of internet protocol packets from said internet protocol interface and to arrange them into a set of audio signals which are transmitted by way of said audio port assembly, and to do the reverse operation for signals arriving from said audio port assembly;

(c) a set of wireless transceivers, communicatively connected to said data processing unit; and

(d) wherein for at least some of said wireless transceivers, each has a socket to receive a wireless chip bearing credit toward a prepaid amount of wireless time.

8. The VoIP to Wireless gateway of claim 7 wherein said data processing unit apportions calls to said wireless chips so that all of said wireless chips have their prepaid amount of wireless time exhausted substantially contemporaneously.

9. A VoIP to wireless gateway, comprising:

(a) an internet protocol interface;

(b) a data processing unit, connected to said internet protocol interface and including an audio port assembly, and adapted to sort streams of internet protocol packets from said internet protocol interface and to arrange them into a set of audio signals which are transmitted by way of said audio port assembly, and to do the reverse operation for signals arriving from said audio port assembly;

(c) a set of wireless transceivers, communicatively connected to said data processing unit;

(d) at least one telephone line interface, adapted to connect to a multi-line telephone cable and communicatively connected to said data processing unit; and

(e) wherein said data processing unit is configured to receive a signal from a telephone line of said multi-line telephone cable, said signal cueing said data processing unit to establish a push to talk over cellular connection with a specified wireless telephone.