Call management services to telephone devices which are connected to afixed wireless access subscriber unit
First Claim
1. A method of providing call management services to a telephone subscriber line coupled to a fixed wireless access subscriber unit, said subscriber unit comprising a controller, at least one wireless receiver for communicating with a wireless network according to a wireless protocol and at least one telephone subscriber line interface for coupling to at least one telephone subscriber line, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving a message by said receiver containing call management services (CMS) information according to said wireless protocol;
b) translating said CMS information into a format recognizable to a telephony device coupled to said telephone subscriber line; and
c) sending a signal including said translated CMS information to said telephone subscriber line.
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Abstract
A method of providing call management services to a conventional wireline telephony device (or devices) which receive telephony services by means of a fixed wireless access subscriber unit. Such a subscriber unit (SU) includes a wireless transceiver for communicating with a wireless network and a telephone subscriber line interface which connects to a telephone subscriber line to which the telephony devices are connected. Such a subscriber unit is configured to carry out the following steps. Upon receipt of an incoming message (which typically occurs during call set up of an incoming call) subscriber unit evaluates whether call management services information is present, and if so searches the message, according to the wireless protocol for the CMS information and extracts the CMS information. The SU then interprets the received information, determines what information should be passed to the telephony devices to the SU and produces a message containing the relevant information which is then sent to the telephony devices via the telephone subscriber line. The new message may contain information not present in the original incoming message. This new information is retrieved from a user selected directory stored within the SU. The SU may contain a plurality of transceivers and a plurality of subscriber line interfaces wherein said subscriber unit can effectively act as a wireless key system.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of providing call management services to a telephone subscriber line coupled to a fixed wireless access subscriber unit, said subscriber unit comprising a controller, at least one wireless receiver for communicating with a wireless network according to a wireless protocol and at least one telephone subscriber line interface for coupling to at least one telephone subscriber line, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a message by said receiver containing call management services (CMS) information according to said wireless protocol; b) translating said CMS information into a format recognizable to a telephony device coupled to said telephone subscriber line; and c) sending a signal including said translated CMS information to said telephone subscriber line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31)
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12. A method of providing call management services to a telephone subscriber line coupled to a subscriber unit, said subscriber unit comprising a controller, at least one communications interface for communicating with a communications network and at least one telephone subscriber line interface, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a message containing coded information by said communications interface from said communications network; b) translating said coded information into a format recognizable to a telephony device coupled to said telephone subscriber line; and c) sending a signal including said translated coded information to said telephone subscriber line. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 28, 32, 33)
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18. A wireless subscriber unit for communicating with a wireless network comprising:
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at least one telephony interface for connecting to at least one standard telephony device; at least one transceiver for establishing a communication link with said wireless network; and a controller for controlling said subscriber unit, said controller comprising; means for decoding a wireless message containing coded information received by said transceiver in order to extract said coded information; means for encoding said information into a new message recognizable to said at least one standard telephony device; and means for sending said new message to said at least one standard telephony device via at least one telephony interface.
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19. A wireless subscriber unit for communicating with a wireless network comprising:
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at least one telephony interface for connecting to at least one standard telephony device; at least one transceiver for establishing a communication link with said wireless network; a controller for extracting call management services (CMS) information from a wireless message received by said transceiver and for encoding said information into a new message recognizable to said at least one standard telephony device; and a signal processor for sending said new message to said at least one standard telephony device via at least one telephony interface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 34)
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