System and Method for Providing Transparency in Delivering Private Network Features
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Abstract
A method is provided that includes receiving a request from a communication device to establish a communication session with a mobile station, the mobile station being operable to roam between a private and a public network. The mobile station is signaled via a cellular data network that a call is being initiated for the mobile station. Signaling information may be exchanged with a voice gateway such that one or more voice circuits are established. A signaling pathway may be established between an Internet protocol private branch exchange (IP PBX) and the mobile station via the cellular data network. The establishment of the signaling pathway is substantially concurrent with the establishment of one or more of the voice circuits. One or more features associated with a private network are delivered to the mobile station during the communication session as an end user moves between the public and private networks.
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32. A method for enlisting one or more end users in a network environment in which delivery of one or more features occurs, comprising:
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enlisting one or more end users in a billing plan associated with network communications;
generating a bill associated with one or more of the end users, the bill being based on the billing plan; and
facilitating network communications for one or more of the end users in response to the end users being enlisted in the billing plan, whereby the network communications is facilitated by;
a mobile station operable to conduct a communication session that involves a communication device, an Internet protocol (IP) private branch exchange (PBX) being operable to receive a request from a selected one of the communication device and the mobile station to establish the communication session, the IP PBX being operable to respond to the request by signaling to the mobile station that a call is being initiated that involves the mobile station, the IP PBX being operable to exchange signaling information with a voice gateway after receiving the request such that one or more voice circuits are established by the voice gateway in order to accommodate voice data that may propagate between the communication device and the mobile station, and wherein a signaling pathway is established between the IP PBX and the mobile station in response to the request such that one or more features associated with a private network are delivered to the mobile station during the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for enlisting one or more end users in a network environment in which delivery of one or more features occurs, comprising:
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enlisting one or more end users in a billing plan associated with network communications;
generating a bill associated with one or more of the end users, the bill being based on the billing plan; and
facilitating network communications for one or more of the end users in response to the end users being enlisted in the billing plan, whereby the network communications includes a protocol that comprises;
communicating a request, from a selected one of a communication device and a mobile station, to establish a communication session that involves the mobile station, wherein signaling information is exchanged with a voice gateway after the request is received such that one or more voice circuits are established by the voice gateway in order to accommodate voice data that may propagate between the communication device and the mobile station; and
establishing a signaling pathway between an Internet protocol (IP) private branch exchange (PBX) and the mobile station via the cellular data network in response to the request such that one or more features associated with a private network are delivered to the mobile station during the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for enlisting one or more end users in a network environment in which delivery of one or more features occurs, comprising:
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enlisting one or more end users in a billing plan associated with network communications;
generating a bill associated with one or more of the end users, the bill being based on the billing plan; and
facilitating network communications for one or more of the end users in response to the end users being enlisted in the billing plan, whereby the network communications is facilitated by;
a feature server operable to receive a request from a selected one of a communication device and a mobile station, which can conduct a communication session involving the communication device, the feature server being operable to respond to the request by signaling to the mobile station that a call is being initiated that involves the mobile station, the feature server being operable to exchange signaling information with a voice gateway after receiving the request such that one or more voice circuits are established by the voice gateway in order to accommodate voice data that may propagate between the communication device and the mobile station, and wherein a signaling pathway is established between the feature server and the mobile station in response to the request such that one or more features associated with the private network are delivered to the mobile station during the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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