Controlling mobile voice calls remotely via a web interface
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1. A method, comprising:
- establishing a wireless Internet connection from a voice call enabled mobile device to a gateway;
monitoring the established wireless Internet connection at the mobile device for receipt of voice call initiation requests; and
operating, in response to a voice call initiation request received via the monitored wireless Internet connection, the mobile device to initiate a voice call to at least one recipient indicated by the received voice call initiation request.
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Abstract
The invention allows controlling mobile voice calls remotely from a computing device. A wireless Internet connection is established from a voice call enabled mobile device to a gateway. Then, the established wireless Internet connection is monitored at the mobile device. If a voice call initiation request is received via the monitored wireless Internet connection, then the mobile device is operated to initiate a voice call to at least one recipient indicated by the received voice call initiation request.
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing a wireless Internet connection from a voice call enabled mobile device to a gateway; monitoring the established wireless Internet connection at the mobile device for receipt of voice call initiation requests; and operating, in response to a voice call initiation request received via the monitored wireless Internet connection, the mobile device to initiate a voice call to at least one recipient indicated by the received voice call initiation request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A voice call enabled mobile device, comprising:
a remote controller configured to establish a wireless Internet connection from the mobile device to a gateway, to monitor the established wireless Internet connection for receipt of voice call initiation requests, and to operate, in response to a voice call initiation request received via the monitored wireless Internet connection, the mobile device to initiate a voice call to at least one recipient indicated by the received voice call initiation request.
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6. A method, comprising:
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assigning at a gateway a connection identifier indicating a voice call enabled mobile device in response to an establishment of a wireless Internet connection from the mobile device to the gateway; receiving at the gateway a voice call initiation request indicating at least one recipient and addressed to the assigned connection identifier; and forwarding the received voice call initiation request from the gateway to the mobile device indicated by the assigned connection identifier. - View Dependent Claims (7, 10)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
a gateway configured to assign a connection identifier indicating a voice call enabled mobile device in response to an establishment of a wireless Internet connection from the mobile device to the gateway, to receive a voice call initiation request indicating at least one recipient and addressed to the assigned connection identifier, and to forward the received voice call initiation request to the mobile device indicated by the assigned connection identifier.
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9. A system, comprising:
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a voice call enabled mobile device; a remote controller included in the mobile device and configured to establish a wireless Internet connection from the mobile device to a gateway, to monitor the established wireless Internet connection for receipt of voice call initiation requests, and to operate, in response to a voice call initiation request received via the monitored wireless Internet connection, the mobile device to initiate a voice call to at least one recipient indicated by the received voice call initiation request; a gateway configured to assign a connection identifier indicating the mobile device in response to the establishment of the wireless Internet connection from the mobile device to the gateway, to receive the voice call initiation request indicating the at least one recipient and addressed to the assigned connection identifier, and to forward the received voice call initiation request to the mobile device indicated by the assigned connection identifier; a computing device comprising a web browser configured to access web sites; and a web server configured to store a list of recipients specific to the mobile device, to display the list of recipients on a web site accessible by the web browser, and to dispatch the voice call initiation request addressed to the assigned connection identifier and indicating the given recipients selected from the list of recipients with the web browser.
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11. A voice call enabled mobile device, comprising:
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remote controlling means for establishing a wireless Internet connection from the mobile device to a gateway; monitoring means for monitoring the established wireless Internet connection for receipt of voice call initiation requests; and operating means for operating, in response to a voice call initiation request received via the monitored wireless Internet connection, the mobile device to initiate a voice call to at least one recipient indicated by the received voice call initiation request.
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