Internet assisted mobile calling

• US 6,965,594 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2002
• Issued: 11/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Boyd, Ralph Warren, Rivera, Javier R., Doran, Patrick J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cho, Hong Sol
• Application Number:
  US10/261,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20040062223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,142 Days
• Field of Search: 370/338, 370352-356, 370/389, 370/392, 370/401, 370/466
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks

Abstract

An initiating mobile station (102) subscribes to a wireless communication system (109) for mobile communication service. A wireless remote access server (WRAS) (118) interacts with the wireless communication system as a subscribing mobile station would, but provides network connectivity to data information network, such as the Internet (108). The WRAS includes radio devices (120, 122) for communicating with the wireless communication system, and network control and routing (124). The WRAS sets up a network session with the target (104 or 106) to facilitate communication between the initiating mobile station and the target, via the wireless communication system and the network.

Claims

1. A method of performing internet assisted mobile calling, comprising:

transmitting, from a mobile station to a gateway radio located at a wireless remote access server, a request to establish a communication link with a target, including transmitting a target identifier of the target, the transmitting being performed over an air interface of a wireless communication system providing wireless communication coverage in the area of both the mobile station and the wireless remote access server;

contacting the target via an internet communication session, performed by the wireless remote access server;

assigning a proxy radio, located at the wireless remote access , upon a response from the target, to be used to facilitate communication between the mobile station arid the target, the proxy radio having a proxy radio identifier;

transmitting the proxy radio identifier to the mobile station via the wireless communication system; and

commencing communication between the mobile station and the target via the proxy radio.

2. A method of performing internet assisted mobile calling as defined by claim 1, where the step of contacting the target over the internet communication session comprises contacting a computer, connected to the internet, having a radio emulation client software application for facilitating communication.

3. A method of performing internet assisted mobile calling as defined by claim 1, wherein the wireless remote access server is a first wireless remote access server, the mobile station is a first mobile station located in a first serving region with the first wireless remote access server, the step of contacting the target over the internet communication session comprises contacting a second wireless remote access server located in a-second serving region of a second wireless communication system with the identifier of a second mobile station located in the second serving region.

4. A method of performing internet assisted mobile calling as defined by claim 1, wherein the wireless remote access server is a first wireless remote access saver, the mobile station is a first mobile station for use with a first wireless communication system, first wireless remote access server located in the serving region of the first wireless communication system, the step of contacting the target over the internet communication session comprises contacting a second wireless remote access server located in a serving region of a second wireless communication system with the identifier of a second mobile station for use in the second wireless communication system.

5. A method of performing internet assisted mobile calling at a wireless remote access server (WRAS), comprising:

receiving at the WRAS a request to establish a communication link from an initiating mobile station, the request including a target identifier of a target, the request being received over an air interface of a wireless communication system providing wireless communication service coverage in an area of both the initiating mobile station and the WRAS, the target identifier including a network address, wherein the WRAS operates as a subscriber of the wireless communication system in communicating with the wireless communication system, wherein;

receiving the request is performed by a gateway radio of the WRAS;

establishing a communication session with a network entity connected to an information network and using the network address, the WRAS being operably connected to the information network;

forwarding the request to the internet entity, performed by the WRAS;

receiving a grant message from the internet entity at the WRAS;

transmitting a commence message to the initiating mobile station via the wireless communication system; and

commencing a call whereby the initiating mobile station communicates to the network entity via a link formed through the-wireless communication system and the WRAS, wherein;

commencing the call is performed by a proxy radio of the WRAS.