EXTENDED CALL HANDLING FUNCTIONALITY USING MULTI-NETWORK SIMULCASTING
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Abstract
A method and apparatus supporting the handling of calls using simulcasting of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway are disclosed. A broadband access gateway supporting both a personal area network and a broadband network may receive multimedia information simultaneously exchanged by an associated access device via a wide area network. The broadband access gateway may store the received multimedia information locally, within the broadband access gateway, or may communicate the multimedia information to storage accessible from the broadband access gateway. The broadband access gateway may cause a user of the access device to be notified of the availability of multimedia information for a recorded call, and may communicate the multimedia information to the access device for playback. A user may be notified if storage and bandwidth for the recording of a call is not available.
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44 Claims
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1-33. -33. (canceled)
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34. A system for handling calls using simulcasting of multimedia information via a gateway device communicatively coupled to a wide area network, the system comprising:
at least one processor for use in an access device, the at least one processor arranged to communicate to the wide area network using at least one wireless interface of the access device, the at least one processor operable to, at least; associate the access device with the gateway device; communicate multimedia and call information with the wideband network using the at least one wireless interface; send, to the gateway device via the wide area network, a request to record the call information communicated during a call over the wide area network; receive, from the gateway device via the broadband network, acceptance of the request to record the call information, if resources needed for recording the call information communicated during the call are available; and receive, from the gateway device via the broadband network, rejection of the request to record the call information, if resources needed for recording the call information communicated during the call are not available. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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