Router-Based Home Network Synchronization

• US 20110122810A1
• Filed: 01/22/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Hodroj, Samir M., Hassan, Omar
• Application Number:
  US12/692,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20110122810A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0272 Virtual private networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

Described herein is a home data router and a plurality of home communication devices that utilize the home data router for voice and data connectivity. The home data router includes functionality for synchronizing user-added data items across the plurality of home communication devices. Such user-added data items can include things like contacts, addresses, telephone numbers, events, calendar items, notes, and other information that might be useful to have stored in individual home communication devices.

Claims

1. A telecommunications base station comprising:

one or more wireless interfaces configured for communication with a plurality of handheld voice communication devices;

a communications port capable of communicating with a telephone service;

a call handler that facilitates voice calls with the handheld voice communication devices through the one or more wireless interfaces, the communications port, and the telephone service; and

synchronization logic configured to access user-added information and to synchronize the user-added information across the plurality of handheld voice communication devices through the one or more wireless interfaces.

2. A telecommunications base station as recited in claim 1, wherein the communications port is a wide-area network port configured for connection to the Internet.

3. A telecommunications base station as recited in claim 1 wherein:

the communications port is a wide-area network port configured for connection to the Internet;

the telecommunications base station further comprises data routing logic to route data to and from the Internet; and

the one or more wireless interfaces comprises a wireless network access point that connects local wireless devices to the Internet.

4. A telecommunications base station as recited in claim 1, the synchronization logic being further configured to receive new user-added information from the plurality of handheld voice communications devices and in response to synchronize the new user-added information across the plurality of handheld voice communication devices.

5. A telecommunications base station as recited in claim 1, the synchronization logic being further configured to access the user-added information from a remote server over a wide area network.

6. A telecommunications base station as recited in claim 1, the synchronization logic being further configured to access the user-added information from a local server or local data store.

7. A telecommunications base station as recited in claim 1, wherein the user-added information comprises one or more of the following:

calendar events;

messages;

contacts;

photographs;

audio;

notes;

tasks;

email;

voicemail;

logs;

personal locations; and

configuration.

8. A telecommunications base station as recited in claim 1, the one or more wireless interfaces comprising one or more of a wireless network access point, a DECT digital telephone transceiver, and a wireless telephone transceiver.

9. A telecommunications base station as recited in claim 1, further comprising one or more analog telephone ports for connection to analog telephones, wherein the call handler facilitates voice calls with the analog telephones through the one or more analog telephone ports, the communications port, and the telephone service.

10. A data router comprising:

a plurality of wireless data interfaces configured to communicate with a plurality of local devices; and

synchronization logic configured to receive user-added information via a first of the wireless data interfaces from a first of the local devices and to synchronize the user-added information via a second of the wireless data interfaces with a second of the local devices.

11. A data router as recited in claim 10, wherein the synchronization logic is configured to push the user added information to the second of the local devices.

12. A data router as recited in claim 10, wherein the synchronization logic is configured to respond to periodic queries from the second of the local devices to provide the user-added information to the second of the local devices.

13. A data router as recited in claim 10, further comprising:

a wide-area network port for connection to a wide-area data network;

said one or more wireless data interfaces comprising a wireless network access point; and

routing logic configured to route data between the plurality of local devices and the wide-area data network.

14. A data router as recited in claim 10, further comprising a call handler that facilitates voice calls with the local devices through the one or more wireless data interfaces and the wide-area network.

15. A data router as recited in claim 10, further comprising:

a call handler that facilitates voice calls with the local devices through the one or more wireless data interfaces and the wide-area network; and

the one or more wireless interfaces further comprising one or more of a wireless network access point, a DECT digital telephone transceiver, and a wireless telephone transceiver.

16. A data router as recited in claim 10, further comprising:

a call handler that facilitates voice calls with the local devices through the one or more wireless data interfaces and the wide-area network; and

the one or more wireless interfaces further comprising a wireless telephone transceiver.

17. A data router as recited in claim 10, the synchronization logic being further configured to access user-added information from a server or data store and to synchronize the accessed user-added information across the local devices.

18. A data router as recited in claim 10, the synchronization logic being further configured to access the user-added information from a remote server over the wide area data network.

19. A data router as recited in claim 10, the synchronization logic being further configured to access the user-added information from a local server or local data store.

20. A data router as recited in claim 10, wherein the user-added information comprises one or more of the following:

calendar events;

messages;

contacts;

photographs;

audio;

notes;

tasks;

email;

voicemail;

logs;

personal locations; and

configuration.