Device service activation for voice over internet protocol service

• US 20070097956A1
• Filed: 10/31/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Okmianski, Anton, Graham, Mickael, Huotari, Allen
• Application Number:
  US11/263,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20070097956A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

Systems and techniques herein may allow users to subscribe to Internet services such as VoIP without access to a personal computer. An Internet service device may include an input to receive information indicative of a selected service provider. The Internet service device may be configured to automatically discover a location of a configuration service for the selected service provider, and to transmit a device identifier to the selected service provider. In some embodiments, the configuration service may be discovered using a DNS SRV process.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a data transceiver to transmit data from and receive data at the device;

a communication module, the communication module including an input to receive at least one of voice information and tone information at the device;

memory in communication with the data transceiver, the memory comprising a machine-readable medium embodying information indicative of instructions that when performed by one or more machines result in operations comprising;

receiving at least one of voice information and tone information indicative of a selected service provider on the input of the communication module; and

automatically discovering a location of a configuration service for the selected service provider.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein automatically discovering the location of the configuration service comprises automatically discovering the location of the configuration service using a DNS SRV process.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting a device identifier to the selected provider.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving configuration information from the configuration service, the configuration information including instructions to enable voice communication with an information system of the selected service provider.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving subscriber configuration information from the configuration service, the subscriber configuration information associated with a subscriber.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a voice over Internet protocol device.

7. The device of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving subscriber configuration information from the configuration service, wherein the subscriber configuration information includes a telephone number associated with a subscriber.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising one or more antennae in communication with the data transceiver.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a voice over Internet device at least partially integrated with a telephone.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the device includes at least one of an interactive voice response module and a tone processing module.

11. An Internet service device comprising:

means for transmitting data from and receiving data at an Internet service device;

means for receiving at least one of voice signals and tone signals;

means for receiving at least one of voice information and tone information indicative of a selected service provider; and

means for automatically discovering a location of a configuration service for the selected service provider.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the means for automatically discovering the location of the configuration service comprises means for automatically discovering the location of the configuration service using a DNS SRV process.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein further comprising means for transmitting a device identifier of the Internet service device to the selected provider.

14. The device of claim 15, further comprising means for receiving configuration information from the configuration service, the configuration information including instructions to enable voice communication with an information system of the selected service provider.

15. The device of claim 11, further comprising means for receiving subscriber configuration information from the configuration service, the subscriber configuration information associated with a subscriber.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the device comprises a voice over Internet protocol device.

17. The device of claim 16, further comprising means for receiving subscriber configuration information from the configuration service, wherein the subscriber configuration information includes a telephone number associated with a subscriber.

18. The device of claim 16, wherein the device is at least partially integrated with a telephone.

19. A method comprising:

receiving at least one of a voice signal and a tone signal indicative of a selected service provider at an Internet service device, wherein the Internet service device is not configured to execute instructions for an Internet browser program;

discovering a location of at least one service of the selected service provider;

transmitting an identifier of the Internet service device using the location of the at least one service; and

receiving configuration information for the selected service provider.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the configuration information comprises information to provide a voice service to access at least one system of the service provider.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the at least one system of the service provider comprises an interactive voice response system of the service provider.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising receiving subscriber configuration information from the service provider including subscription information for a subscriber associated with the subscriber configuration information.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the Internet service device is a voice over Internet protocol device, and wherein the subscriber configuration information comprises a telephone number associated with the subscriber.