Establishing User Accounts for RFID-Based Telecommunications Routing

• US 20080042808A1
• Filed: 10/24/2007
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Agrawal, Kavita, Rybczynski, Gregory, Bodin, William, Thorson, Derral
• Granted Patent: US 8,243,661 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.42
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are provided for establishing RFID-based telecommunications routing for a user including identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user, identifying the location of the plurality of telephony devices available to the user, receiving from a user routing preferences, receiving an identification of an RFID tag for the user, and associating with the user the identified telephony devices available to a user, the locations of the plurality of devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag.

Claims

1. A method for establishing RFID-based telecommunications routing for a user, the method comprising:

identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user;

receiving from the user routing preferences;

receiving an identification of an RFID tag for the user; and

associating with the user the identified telephony devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user further comprises receiving a telephony device identification from the user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving from the user routing preferences further comprises receiving from the user device based routing preferences.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein associating with the user the telephony devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag further comprises creating a user account in an RFID based routing database.

5. A system for establishing RFID-based telecommunications routing for a user, the system comprising:

means for identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user;

means for receiving from the user routing preferences;

means for receiving an identification of an RFID tag for the user; and

means for associating with the user the telephony devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein means for identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user further comprises means for receiving a telephony device identification from the user.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein means for receiving from the user routing preferences further comprises means for receiving from the user device based routing preferences.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein means for associating with the user the telephony devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag further comprises means for creating a user account in an RFID based routing database.

9. A computer program product for establishing RFID-based telecommunications routing for a user, the computer program product comprising:

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from the user routing preferences;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving an identification of an RFID tag for the user; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating with the user the telephony devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a telephony device identification from the user.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from the user routing preferences further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from the user device based routing preferences.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating with the user the telephony devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a user account in an RFID based routing database.