BRIDGING BETWEEN A MOBILE CELLULAR TELEPHONE NETWORK AND A DATA, VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP) NETWORK
First Claim
1. In a system including a wide area data network and a wireless cellular mobile telephone network, wherein a local cellular mobile telephone operator serves the wireless cellular mobile telephone network within a local region, wherein the local cellular mobile telephone operator issues a subscriber identity module (SIM) to a user of the wireless cellular mobile telephone network, the system comprising:
- (a) a communications terminal which interfaces to the wide area data network using a radio interface to a base transceiver station of the wireless cellular mobile telephone network within the local region, wherein said terminal includes a communications module for handling a telephone communication through the wide area data network and the wireless cellular mobile telephone network, and wherein said communications terminal includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) emulator, wherein said communications terminal operationally connects to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network solely through said base transceiver station via said radio interface without direct connection to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network; and
(b) a client computer operatively attached to the wide area data network at a remote site, wherein said client computer includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) reader;
wherein the remote site is outside the local region;
wherein a user of said client computer inserts said SIM card into said SIM reader, wherein SIM authentication data of said SIM card is transferred to said communications terminal over the wide area data network, and wherein said SIM emulator provides said SIM authentication data to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network within the local region.
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Abstract
A method for providing telephone communications in a system including a wide area data network and a wireless cellular mobile telephone network. A local cellular mobile telephone operator serves the wireless cellular mobile telephone network by providing a radio communications interface within a local region. The local cellular mobile telephone operator issues a subscriber identity module (SIM) to a user of the wireless cellular mobile telephone network. A communications terminal interfaces to the wide area data network using a radio interface to a base transceiver station (BTS) of the wireless cellular mobile telephone network within the local region. The communications terminal includes a communications module for handling a telephone communication through the wide area data network and the wireless cellular mobile telephone network. The communications terminal includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) emulator. A client computer is attached to the wide area data network at a remote site outside the local region. The client computer includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) reader. Telephone communications are provided by (a) inserting the SIM card into the SIM reader (b) transferring SIM identification data of the SIM card to the terminal over the wide area data network and (c) emulating the SIM card based on the SIM identification data. The emulation is performed by the emulator at the communications terminal. The SIM data is provided to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network operator within the local region over the radio communications interface.
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1. In a system including a wide area data network and a wireless cellular mobile telephone network, wherein a local cellular mobile telephone operator serves the wireless cellular mobile telephone network within a local region, wherein the local cellular mobile telephone operator issues a subscriber identity module (SIM) to a user of the wireless cellular mobile telephone network, the system comprising:
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(a) a communications terminal which interfaces to the wide area data network using a radio interface to a base transceiver station of the wireless cellular mobile telephone network within the local region, wherein said terminal includes a communications module for handling a telephone communication through the wide area data network and the wireless cellular mobile telephone network, and wherein said communications terminal includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) emulator, wherein said communications terminal operationally connects to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network solely through said base transceiver station via said radio interface without direct connection to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network; and (b) a client computer operatively attached to the wide area data network at a remote site, wherein said client computer includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) reader;
wherein the remote site is outside the local region;wherein a user of said client computer inserts said SIM card into said SIM reader, wherein SIM authentication data of said SIM card is transferred to said communications terminal over the wide area data network, and wherein said SIM emulator provides said SIM authentication data to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network within the local region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In a system including a wide area data network and a wireless cellular mobile telephone network, wherein a local cellular mobile telephone operator serves the wireless cellular mobile telephone network by providing a radio communications interface within a local region, wherein the local cellular mobile telephone operator issues a subscriber identity module (SIM) to a user of the wireless cellular mobile telephone network, the system including a communications terminal which interfaces to the wide area data network using a radio interface to a base transceiver station (BTS) of the wireless cellular mobile telephone network within the local region, wherein said communications terminal includes a communications module for handling a telephone communication through the wide area data network and the wireless cellular mobile telephone network, and wherein said communications terminal includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) emulator, wherein said communications terminal operationally connects to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network solely through said base transceiver station via said radio interface without direct connection to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network;
- the system further including a client computer operatively attached to the wide area data network at a remote site outside the local region, wherein the client computer includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) reader, a method for providing telephone communications, the method comprising the steps of;
(a) providing the SIM reader with the SIM card inserted therein; (b) transferring SIM authentication data of said SIM card to said terminal over the wide area data network; (c) emulating said SIM card based on said SIM authentication data, said emulating performed by said emulator at the communications terminal; and (d) providing said SIM authentication data to the wireless cellular mobile telephone network operator within the local region solely over the radio communications interface. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
- the system further including a client computer operatively attached to the wide area data network at a remote site outside the local region, wherein the client computer includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) reader, a method for providing telephone communications, the method comprising the steps of;
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