Wireless telephonic communication system and method

• US 6,944,476 B1
• Filed: 06/22/2001
• Issued: 09/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dynamic Technologies (Canada) Corp.
• Original Assignee: Dieceland Technologies Corp.
• Inventors: Altschul, Randice-Lisa, Volpe, Lee S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Application Number:
  US09/888,180
• Time in Patent Office: 1,544 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422.1, 455/426.1, 455/465, 455/550, 455/551, 455/554.1, 455/554.2, 455/555, 455/575.1, 455/90.1, 455/557, 455/556.1, 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0256 wherein the modules are operable in the detached state, e.g. one module for the user interface and one module for the transceiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/00 Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems using a coded card to authorise calls from a telephone set H04M1/675
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/005 Disposable prepaid communication devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/026 Constructional features
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/103 using SIMs (USIMs) or calling cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/106 using commercial credit or debit cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/20 with provision for recharging the prepaid account or card, or for credit establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2017/12 using calling, telephone credit/debit cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2017/14 using commercial credit/debit cards, e.g. VISA, AMEX
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A wireless telephonic communication system and method facilitates the establishment of telephonic communication with any one of a multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices by enabling access to an existing telephonic communication infrastructure by any one of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices for the conduct of telephonic communication over the existing telephonic communication infrastructure without requiring a corresponding multiplicity of telephone access numbers. Each one of the wireless telephonic devices is provided with an assigned telephone access number common to all of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices, and an individual identification number unique to the one wireless telephonic device, and a telephonic communication between the one wireless telephonic device and a remote telephonic device is established upon a determination made in response to the individual identification number that the one wireless telephonic device is eligible for the conduct of the telephonic communication.

Claims

1. A wireless telephonic communication system for facilitating the establishment of telephonic communication with any one of a multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices by enabling access to an existing telephonic communication infrastructure by any one of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices for the conduct of telephonic communication over the existing telephonic communication infrastructure without requiring a corresponding multiplicity of telephone access numbers, the system comprising:

a multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices, each one of the wireless telephonic devices having an assigned telephone access number common to all of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices, and an individual identification number unique to the one wireless telephonic device; and

a telephonic communication center selectively accessed by any one of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices in response to the assigned common telephone access number for receiving a request for a telephonic communication from the one wireless telephonic device to a selected telephonic destination;

the telephonic communication center including a processor for processing the request to determine the eligibility of the one wireless telephonic device for conduct of the requested telephonic communication, in accordance with the individual identification number, and, upon determining that the one wireless telephonic device is eligible for conduct of the requested telephonic communication, establishing a connection to the existing telephonic communication infrastructure for completing a telephonic communication between the one wireless telephonic device and the selected telephonic destination; and

the individual identification number including an electronic serial number.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein the electronic serial number is common to all of the multiple wireless telephonic devices.

3. The invention of claim 2 wherein the individual identification number includes a personal identification number unique to each one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices.

4. The invention of claim 1 wherein the wireless telephonic devices each include:

a base unit including telephonic circuitry and programmed with an electronic serial number common to all of the multiple wireless telephonic devices; and

an enabling module including a keypad and programmed with the assigned telephone access number common to all of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices, and the individual identification number unique to the one wireless telephonic device.

5. The invention of claim 1 wherein the telephonic communication center is selectively accessed by a remote telephonic device in response to the assigned common telephone access number for receiving a request for a telephonic communication with one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices from the remote telephonic device, and completes a telephonic communication between the remote telephonic device and the one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices in response to the individual identification number of the one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices upon a determination by the processor of the eligibility of the one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices to conduct the requested telephonic communication.

6. The invention of claim 5 wherein the one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices is aligned with a brand name and, upon access to the telephonic communication center by the remote telephonic device, information pertaining to the brand name alignment is transmitted to the remote telephonic device.

7. A wireless telephonic communication method for facilitating the establishment of telephonic communication with any one of a multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices by enabling access to an existing telephonic communication infrastructure by any one of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices for the conduct of telephonic communication over the existing telephonic communication infrastructure without requiring a corresponding multiplicity of telephone access numbers, the method comprising:

providing each one of a multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices with an assigned telephone access number common to all of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices, and an individual identification number unique to each one wireless telephonic device;

selectively accessing a telephonic communication center from any one of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices in response to the assigned common telephone access number for initiating a request for a telephonic communication from the one wireless telephonic device to a selected telephonic destination; and

processing the request to determine the eligibility of the one wireless telephonic device for conduct of the requested telephonic communication, in accordance with to the individual identification number and, upon determining that the one wireless telephonic device is eligible for conduct of the requested telephonic communication, establishing a connection to the existing telephonic communication infrastructure for completing a telephonic communication between the one wireless telephonic device and the selected telephonic destination;

the individual identification number including an electronic serial number.

8. The invention of claim 7 wherein the electronic serial number is common to all of the multiple wireless telephonic devices.

9. The invention of claim 8 wherein the individual identification number includes a personal identification number unique to each one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices.

10. The invention of claim 7 wherein selective access to the telephonic communication center is by a remote telephonic device in response to the assigned common telephone access number for initiating a request for a telephonic communication with one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices from the remote telephonic device, and completion of a telephonic communication is between the remote telephonic device and the one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices in response to the individual identification number of the one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices upon a determination of the eligibility of the one of the multiple wireless telephonic devices to conduct the requested telephonic communication.

11. The invention of claim 10 including aligning the one of the multiple wireless telephonic device with a brand name and, upon access to the telephonic communication center by the remote telephonic device, transmitting to the remote telephonic device information pertaining to the brand name alignment.