SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MOBILE VoIP
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1. An appliance device for connecting to a cellular telephone and permitting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone call, the device comprising:
- an appliance having a connector configured to removable secure the appliance to external electrical contacts of a cellular phone, the appliance also having one or more accessible electrical contacts sized and positioned to meet with external electrical contacts of a cellular phone;
a software module contained in the appliance, the software module comprising machine readable instructions that along with the assistance of the cellular phone, is adapted to;
control the dialing functionality of the cellular phone, establish and maintain a data connection via a cellular network, and establish and complete a VoIP phone call.
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Abstract
An appliance connected to a cellular phone performs VoIP connectivity by using the cellular phone data connectivity platform. This expands the capabilities of regular cellular phones, and allows users to place and receive mobile VoIP phone calls using their older generation cellular phones.
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1. An appliance device for connecting to a cellular telephone and permitting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone call, the device comprising:
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an appliance having a connector configured to removable secure the appliance to external electrical contacts of a cellular phone, the appliance also having one or more accessible electrical contacts sized and positioned to meet with external electrical contacts of a cellular phone; a software module contained in the appliance, the software module comprising machine readable instructions that along with the assistance of the cellular phone, is adapted to;
control the dialing functionality of the cellular phone, establish and maintain a data connection via a cellular network, and establish and complete a VoIP phone call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for making Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone calls using a cellular telephone:
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connecting an appliance to a connection of a cellular phone; dialing a telephone number; sending instructions from the appliance to the cellular phone to establish a data connection using the cellular phone, the data connection established carries VoIP protocol packets; sending data packets from the appliance to the cellular phone to establish a VoIP connection using the established data connection, the VoIP connection establishing a VoIP proxy at a location in an Internet Protocol network remote from the cellular phone; and transmitting VoIP data packets using digital encoding and decoding techniques of a VoIP protocol. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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