Method and System for Remote Call Forwarding of Telephone Calls from an IP Connection
First Claim
1. A method of invoking a service associated with a user'"'"'s line on a wire facility via an IP connection, the service involving a user'"'"'s wireless station set, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving at a server data representing a selected service from an IP terminal indicative of the service to be invoked;
b) responsive to the received service data, the server determining the user'"'"'s wire and wireless facilities and associated information required to invoke the selected service in association with the user'"'"'s line on the wire facility including information regarding the service control point and the manner to send that information; and
c) sending that information to the service control point in the manner determined in step b) to invoke the selected service in association with the user'"'"'s line on the wire facility.
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Abstract
A subscriber to a remote call forwarding feature on a wire-line telephone line associated with a PBX (101) or central office (402), hereinafter, a “user”, can enable that feature by entering a feature code from an IP terminal (112, 412). The user enters a feature code from his/her IP terminal (112, 412), which feature code is received by a remote server (for example, server 110) having access to an IP user directory (113, 413), hereinafter, for example, an active user registry (AUR) database, and forwards necessary information for invoking the feature in a determined manner to a Service Control Point (SCP) (106, 406). The SCP recognizes the feature code as a request to invoke the remote call forwarding feature on the user'"'"'s wire-line telephone so that calls directed to that wire-line telephone are forwarded to, for example, the user'"'"'s cellular phone. Receipt of that feature code by the SCP, identifies the cellular phone'"'"'s Electronic Serial Number (ESN) from a provided cellular phone number or Mobile Identification Number (MIN) and identifies the user and the feature to be invoked for that user. By performing an SCP database (108, 408) lookup associated with that ESN and MIN, information is retrieved relating to what PBX (101) or switch (402) should be contacted to invoke the feature, how and where to contact that PBX or switch, and what specifically must be sent to that PBX or switch to invoke the feature on the user'"'"'s telephone line.
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43 Claims
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1. A method of invoking a service associated with a user'"'"'s line on a wire facility via an IP connection, the service involving a user'"'"'s wireless station set, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving at a server data representing a selected service from an IP terminal indicative of the service to be invoked;
b) responsive to the received service data, the server determining the user'"'"'s wire and wireless facilities and associated information required to invoke the selected service in association with the user'"'"'s line on the wire facility including information regarding the service control point and the manner to send that information; and
c) sending that information to the service control point in the manner determined in step b) to invoke the selected service in association with the user'"'"'s line on the wire facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 26)
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10. A system for invoking a service associated with a user'"'"'s line on a wire facility from an IP connection, the service involving the subscriber'"'"'s wireless station set, the system comprising:
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a server which receives data representing a selected service from an IP terminal indicative of the service to be invoked;
a database accessible by said server having IP terminal data and information determining a service control point for the service and how to send information to the service control point; and
the service control point and an associated database, the service control point receiving an identifier associated with the wireless station set and the received service data and retrieving from the database information associated with the received identifier information required to invoke the service in association with the user'"'"'s line on the wire facility including to where and how to send the information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of invoking a remote call forwarding service associated with a user'"'"'s telephone line on a wire facility from an IP connection, the remote call forwarding service involving a user'"'"'s mobile wireless telephone to forward calls directed to the wire telephone line to the wireless telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving at a server data representing a selected service from an IP terminal indicative of the remote call forwarding service to be invoked;
b) responsive to the received service data, the server determining the user'"'"'s telephone line on the wire facility and the user'"'"'s wireless telephone line and associated information required to invoke the remote call forwarding service on the user'"'"'s telephone line on the wire facility including to what service control point and how to send that information; and
c) sending that information to the determined service control point in the manner determined in step b) to invoke the remote call forwarding service on the user'"'"'s telephone line on the wire facility. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method of invoking a service associated with a line on a communications facility via an IP connection, the service involving a first and a second wireless station set, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving at a server data representing a selected service from an IP terminal indicative of the service to be invoked;
b) responsive to the received service data, the server determining a facility associated with at least one of the first and second wireless station sets and associated information required to invoke the selected service, said determining step including identifying a service control point and a manner in which to send the associated information; and
c) sending the associated information to the service control point in the manner determined in step b) to invoke the selected service in association with the line on the communications facility. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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27. A system for invoking a service associated with a line on a communications facility from an IP connection, the service involving a first and a second wireless station set, the system comprising:
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a server which receives data representing a selected service from an IP terminal indicative of the service to be invoked;
a database accessible by said server having IP terminal data and information determining a service control point for the service and how to send information to the service control point and the service control point and an associated database, the service control point receiving an identifier associated with at least one of the first and second wireless station sets and the received service data and retrieving from the database information associated with the received identifier information required to invoke the service in association with the line on the communications facility, including to where and how to send the information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of invoking a feature associated with a line on a communications facility via an IP connection, the feature involving a first and a second wireless station set, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving at a server a feature code representing a selected feature from an IP terminal indicative of the feature to be invoked;
b) responsive to the received feature code, the server determining a facility associated with at least one of the first and second wireless station sets and associated information required to invoke the selected feature, said determining step including identifying a service control point and a manner in which to send the associated information; and
c) sending the associated information to the service control point in the manner determined in step b) to invoke the selected feature in association with the line on the communications facility. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system for invoking a feature associated with a line on a communications facility from an IP connection, the feature involving a first and a second wireless station set, the system comprising:
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a server which receives a feature code from an IP terminal indicative of the feature to be invoked;
a database accessible by said server having IP terminal data and information determining a service control point for the feature and how to send information to the service control point and the service control point and an associated database, the service control point receiving an identifier associated with at least one of the first and second wireless station sets and the received feature code and retrieving from the database information associated with the received identifier information required to invoke the feature in association with the line on the communications facility, including to where and how to send the information. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
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Specification