System and Apparatus for Adapting Operations of a Communication Device

• US 20160212621A1
• Filed: 03/29/2016
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: ROBBINS, WILLIAM STANLEY, PEARSON, LARRY B., WALLIS, R. TYLER, RYAN, MARK
• Granted Patent: US 9,992,682 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/22 with access to wired networks

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a cellular device, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

receiving, from an access point device, a query requesting use of communication services associated with the cellular device; and

providing an authorization to the access point device to utilize the communication services associated with the cellular device,

wherein the providing of the authorization causes the access point device to provide a request to establish communications to a server and causes the access point device to enable a landline phone communicatively coupled with the access point device to communicate with a remote end user device utilizing identification information of the cellular device, and

wherein communication between the landline phone and the remote end user device comprises a voice call.

2. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment, wherein the receiving of the query from the access point device is responsive to a detection that the cellular device is within a communication range threshold of the access point device.

3. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting, at a user interface of the cellular device, the query requesting use of the communication services associated with the cellular device;

receiving, at the user interface, user input responsive to the presenting of the query; and

generating the authorization to utilize the communication services associated with the cellular device based on the user input.

4. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein in-coming call alerts are presented at the landline phone and are suppressed at the cellular device during use by the landline phone of the communication services associated with the cellular device.

5. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the cellular device comprises an electronic serial number, and wherein the communication services associated with the cellular device comprise voice, video and data services.

6. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the identification information of the cellular device comprises an international mobile equipment identity, and wherein the communication services associated with the cellular device comprise voice, video and data services.

7. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein a detection of the cellular device being out of the communication range threshold of the access point device causes the access point device to disable the landline phone from communicating with the remote user device using the identification information of the cellular device.

8. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein a detection of the cellular device being turn off causes the access point device to disable the landline phone from communicating with the remote user device using the identification information of the cellular device.

9. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, at a user interface, a user input for requesting a termination of use by the landline phone of the communication services associated with the cellular device; and

transmitting a request to the access point device for the termination of the use by the landline phone of the communication services associated with the cellular device responsive to the receiving of the user input, wherein the access point device disables the landline phone from communicating with the remote user device using the identification information of the cellular device.

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the user input further comprises requesting a call from the cellular device to a second remote end user device, wherein the request to the access point device for the termination of the use by the landline phone of the communication services associated with the cellular device further comprises a second request to connect the cellular device to the second remote end user device, and wherein the call is completed via the access point device.

11. A cellular device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving, from an access point device, a query requesting use of communication services associated with the cellular device responsive to a detection that the cellular device is within a communication range threshold of the access point device; and

providing an authorization to the access point device to utilize the communication services associated with the cellular device,

wherein the providing of the authorization causes the access point device to provide a request to establish communications to a server for enabling a landline phone to communicate via a cellular network utilizing identification information of the cellular device.

12. The cellular device of claim 11, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment, and wherein communication between the landline phone and a remote end user device via the cellular network comprises a voice call

13. The cellular device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting, at a user interface, the query requesting use of the communication services associated with the cellular device;

receiving, at the user interface, user input responsive to the presenting of the query; and

generating the authorization to utilize the communication services associated with the cellular device based on the user input.

14. The cellular device of claim 11, wherein in-coming call alerts are presented at the landline phone and are suppressed at the cellular device during use by the landline phone of the communication services associated with the cellular device.

15. The cellular device of claim 11, wherein a detection of the cellular device being out of the communication range threshold of the access point device causes the access point device to disable the landline phone from communicating with the remote user device using the identification information of the cellular device.

16. The cellular device of claim 11, wherein a detection of the cellular device being turn off causes the access point device to disable the landline phone from communicating with the remote user device using the identification information of the cellular device.

17. The cellular device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, at a user interface, a user input for requesting a termination of use by the landline phone of the communication services associated with the cellular device; and

transmitting a request to the access point device for the termination of the use by the landline phone of the communication services associated with the cellular device responsive to the receiving of the user input, wherein the access point device disables the landline phone from communicating with the remote user device using the identification information of the cellular device.

18. The cellular device of claim 17, wherein the user input further comprises requesting a call from the cellular device to a second remote end user device, wherein the request to the access point device for the termination of the use by the landline phone of the communication services associated with the cellular device further comprises a second request to connect the cellular device to the second remote end user device, and wherein the call is completed via the access point device.

19. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a query, from an access point device, requesting use of communication services associated with the system responsive to a detection that the system is within a communication range threshold of the access point device; and

providing, by the system, an authorization to the access point device to utilize the communication services associated with the cellular device,

wherein the access point device transmits a request to establish communications to a server for enabling a landline phone to communicate via a cellular network utilizing identification information of the cellular device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment, and further comprising:

presenting, by the system, the query, at a user interface, requesting use of the communication services associated with the cellular device;

receiving, by the system, user input, at the user interface, responsive to the presenting of the query; and

generating, by the system, the authorization to utilize the communication services associated with the cellular device based on the user input.