SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
First Claim
1. A method of providing communications services, comprising:
- receiving a request for communications services from a first telephony device that is native to a first telephony system that provides cellular based telephony services, the request being received at a second telephony system that provides landline type telephony services;
determining whether the first telephony device is authorized to receive the requested communications services from the second telephony system;
establishing a first communications channel between the second telephony system and the first telephony device;
establishing a second communications channel between the second telephony system and a second telephony device using information included in the request for communications services; and
bridging the first and second communications channels so that the first telephony device is in communication with the second telephony device.
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Abstract
An IP telephony system allows users of the IP telephony system to register extension telephony devices with the IP telephony system. An extension telephony device is one that is provided with service by a separate telephony service provider. Once an extension telephony device is registered, a user can obtain communications services from the IP telephony system using the extension telephony device. An extension telephony device may be tied to a user'"'"'s main telephony services account with the IP telephony system such that when the user obtains communications services from the IP telephony system using an extension telephony device, the user will be billed for those communications services through the user'"'"'s main account.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of providing communications services, comprising:
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receiving a request for communications services from a first telephony device that is native to a first telephony system that provides cellular based telephony services, the request being received at a second telephony system that provides landline type telephony services; determining whether the first telephony device is authorized to receive the requested communications services from the second telephony system; establishing a first communications channel between the second telephony system and the first telephony device; establishing a second communications channel between the second telephony system and a second telephony device using information included in the request for communications services; and bridging the first and second communications channels so that the first telephony device is in communication with the second telephony device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 31)
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16. A system for providing communications services, comprising:
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means for receiving a request for communications services from a first telephony device that is native to a first telephony system that provides cellular based telephony services, the request being received at a second telephony system that provides landline type telephony services; means for determining whether the first telephony device is authorized to receive the requested communications services from the second telephony system; means for establishing a first communications channel between the second telephony system and the first telephony device; means for establishing a second communications channel between the second telephony system and a second telephony device using information included in the request for communications services; and means for bridging the first and second communications channels so that the first telephony device is in communication with the second telephony device.
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17. A system for providing communications services, comprising:
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an extension connection unit that receives a request for communications services from a first telephony device that is native to a first telephony system that provides cellular based telephony services, the request being received at an extension connection unit of a second telephony system that provides landline type telephony services; an authorization unit that determines whether the first telephony device is authorized to receive the requested communications services from the second telephony system; wherein the extension connection unit establishes a first communications channel between the second telephony system and the first telephony device, establishes a second communications channel between the second telephony system and a second telephony device using information included in the request for communications services, and bridges the first and second communications channels so that the first telephony device is in communication with the second telephony device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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