SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID SETUP OF TELEPHONY COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20140269498A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vonage America LLC (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Vonage Network LLC (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: EFRATI, TZAHI, STERMAN, BARUCH
• Granted Patent: US 9,179,482 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/34 Selective release of ongoing connections

Abstract

When an incoming communication is directed to a telephony device that is capable of conducting an IP based communication via an IP telephony system and a cellular-based communication via a mobile telephony service provider, the communication is initially setup as a cellular-based communication via the mobile telephony service provider. At the same time, an IP-based communication channel is setup between the telephony device and an IP telephony system. Once the IB-based communication channel is available, the communication is transitioned from the cellular-based communication channel to the IP based communication channel.

Claims

1. A method performed by one or more processors of an IP telephony system for setting up a telephony communication with a telephony device that is capable of conducting an Internet protocol (IP) communication via a data network and a cellular-based communication via a mobile telephony service provider, the method comprising:

setting up a first communication path to the telephony device via the mobile telephony service provider and commencing the telephony communication with the telephony device over the first communication path;

setting up a second communication path to the telephony device via a data network; and

transitioning the telephony communication from the first communication path to the second communication path.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein setting up the first communication path and commencing the telephony communication over the first communication path comprises placing a call to a native identifier of the telephony device via the mobile telephony service provider.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein setting up a second communication path to the telephony device via a data network comprises:

causing an IP software application on the telephony device to register with the IP telephony system via the data network; and

setting up an IP based communication with the telephony device via the data network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein causing an IP software application on the telephony device to register with the IP telephony system comprises causing a push notification to be sent to the telephony device.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein causing an IP software application on the telephony device to register with the IP telephony system comprises causing a predetermined identifier to be included in caller ID information that is sent to the telephony device when the first communication path is setup to the telephony device via the mobile telephony service provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein setting up the first communication path comprises setting up a cellular-based communication over the mobile telephony service provider, wherein setting up the second communication path comprises setting up an IP based communication with the telephony device via the data network, and wherein the transitioning step comprises:

conferencing together the cellular based communication and the IP based communication; and

terminating the cellular-based communication.

7. A system for setting up a telephony communication with a telephony device that is capable of conducting an Internet protocol (IP) communication via a data network and a cellular-based communication via a mobile telephony service provider, comprising:

means for setting up a first communication path to the telephony device via the mobile telephony service provider and commencing the telephony communication with the telephony device over the first communication path;

means for setting up a second communication path to the telephony device via a data network; and

means for transitioning the telephony communication from the first communication path to the second communication path.

8. A system for setting up a telephony communication with a telephony device that is capable of conducting an Internet protocol (IP) communication via a data network and a cellular-based communication via a mobile telephony service provider, comprising:

a cellular communication path setup unit that sets up a first communication path to the telephony device via the mobile telephony service provider and that commences the telephony communication with the telephony device over the first communication path;

an IP communication path setup unit that sets up a second communication path to the telephony device via a data network; and

a communication path transition unit that transitions the telephony communication from the first communication path to the second communication path.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the cellular communication path setup unit places a call to a native identifier of the telephony device via the mobile telephony service provider.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the IP communication path setup unit sets up a second communication path to the telephony device via a data network by causing an IP software application on the telephony device to register with the IP telephony system via the data network, and by thereafter setting up an IP based communication with the telephony device via the data network.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the IP communication path setup unit causes an IP software application on the telephony device to register with the IP telephony system by causing a push notification to be sent to the telephony device.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the IP communication path setup unit causes an IP software application on the telephony device to register with the IP telephony system by causing a predetermined identifier to be included in caller ID information that is sent to the telephony device when the cellular communication path setup unit causes the first communication path to be setup to the telephony device via the mobile telephony service provider.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the cellular communication path setup unit sets up the first communication path by setting up a cellular-based communication over the mobile telephony service provider, wherein the IP communication path setup unit sets up the IP based communication with the telephony device via the data network, and wherein the communication path transition unit conferences together the cellular based communication and the IP based communication, then terminates the cellular-based communication.