Telecommunication network with mobile voice conferencing system and method
First Claim
1. In a telecommunication network including a plurality of mobile telephones and a conference bridge for establishing voice conference connections between a plural number of the plurality of mobile telephones when communication linked with the conference bridge, the improvement being a connection recovering, mobile, telephonic, voice conferencing system, comprising:
- means for detecting disconnection of a conference communication link between any one mobile telephone of the plural number mobile telephones and the conference bridge, wherein any one mobile telephone having means for actuating a general end call function to generate a general call termination signal;
means responsive to the detecting means for sensing that any one mobile telephone is participating in a voice conference;
means responsive to the sensing means and actuation of the general end function to also automatically transmit a conference termination signal when the general call function is actuated while the mobile telephone is participating in a voice conference; and
means responsive to the sensing means for automatically establishing reconnection of the conference communication link between the one mobile telephone and the conference bridge upon disconnection of the conference communication link without detection of the general call termination signal.
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Abstract
A telecommunication network including one or more personal communication networks with a conference bridge for making voice conference connections between some of a plurality of mobile telephones associated with a personal communication network having a plurality of mobile subnetworks respectively for providing mobile telephone service to the plurality of mobile telephones as well as with fixed-location or non-mobile telephones associated with a Public Switched Telephone Network switching center provided with a disconnection voice conferencing system that detects disconnection of a communication link between any one of the mobile telephones and the communications bridge, distinguishes between an intentional disconnection and accidental disconnection of the one mobile telephone, and if the disconnection is determined to have been unintentional, automatically establishes reconnection of the communication link.
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41 Claims
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1. In a telecommunication network including a plurality of mobile telephones and a conference bridge for establishing voice conference connections between a plural number of the plurality of mobile telephones when communication linked with the conference bridge, the improvement being a connection recovering, mobile, telephonic, voice conferencing system, comprising:
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means for detecting disconnection of a conference communication link between any one mobile telephone of the plural number mobile telephones and the conference bridge, wherein any one mobile telephone having means for actuating a general end call function to generate a general call termination signal; means responsive to the detecting means for sensing that any one mobile telephone is participating in a voice conference; means responsive to the sensing means and actuation of the general end function to also automatically transmit a conference termination signal when the general call function is actuated while the mobile telephone is participating in a voice conference; and means responsive to the sensing means for automatically establishing reconnection of the conference communication link between the one mobile telephone and the conference bridge upon disconnection of the conference communication link without detection of the general call termination signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. In a telecommunication network including a plurality of mobile telephones and a conference bridge for making voice conference connections between a plural number of the plurality of mobile telephones when communication linked with the conference bridge, the improvement being a connection recovering, mobile voice conferencing method, comprising the steps of:
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associating one mobile telephone from the plurality of mobile telephones with at least one of a plurality of subnetworks of a mobile switching center interconnected between a public switched telephone; transmitting a signal from the one mobile telephone to the associated subnetwork, sending a conference request message from the associated subnetwork to the mobile switching center in response to the signal from the one mobile telephone; making connection at the mobile switching center of the one mobile telephone to the conference bridge in response to receipt of the conference request message, detecting disconnection of a conference communication link between any one mobile telephone of the plural number mobile telephones and the conference bridge; and automatically establishing reconnection of the conference communication link between the one mobile telephone and the conference bridge in response to detection of disconnection by sending from the associated subnetwork the conference request message to the mobile switching center to establish reconnection of the communication link with the one mobile telephone automatically in response to detecting disconnection of the communication link with the one mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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