System and method for controlling telephone service using a wireless personal information device
First Claim
1. A personal information device (PID) for controlling telephone service comprising:
- a user interface comprising a display and a user input device;
a user profile having a telephone number entered by a user;
a communications function to establish a data communications channel over a wireless network to a telephony control server, the telephony control server containing the user'"'"'s telephony account; and
an account update function to send a message over the data communication channel to the telephony control server, the message containing the user profile telephone number and a request to set the user'"'"'s telephony account telephone number to the user profile telephone number.
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Abstract
A system and method for accessing a data network telephony account using a wireless personal information device (PID). The user may connect over the wireless cellular infrastructure to a telephony control server via a data network for access to the user'"'"'s telephony account, which indicates the user'"'"'s telephone number in a telephone number entry. Once the connection is made, the user issues a command to set the telephone number entry in the user'"'"'s data network telephony account to a specific telephone number. The user may then invoke a contacts application in the wireless PID and select a person to call from the contacts list. The user selects the entry to send a command to initiate a telephone connection between the party selected and the user at the telephone designated by the user at the telephony control server.
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5 Claims
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1. A personal information device (PID) for controlling telephone service comprising:
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a user interface comprising a display and a user input device; a user profile having a telephone number entered by a user; a communications function to establish a data communications channel over a wireless network to a telephony control server, the telephony control server containing the user'"'"'s telephony account; and an account update function to send a message over the data communication channel to the telephony control server, the message containing the user profile telephone number and a request to set the user'"'"'s telephony account telephone number to the user profile telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A telephony control server comprising:
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a network interface operable to provide data connectivity with a user accessible via a wireless network; an accounts program to access a plurality of user accounts, the accounts program operable to receive a message to set a user telephone number, each user account containing a telephone number entry, the accounts program being operable to set the telephone number entry in response to the message; a connection signaling function to receive a call message from the user and to establish a telephone connection between the user telephone number and a callee telephone number contained in the call message; and the connection signaling function operable to initiate a telephone call having at least a portion of the telephone call connected via the data network. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A method for modifying a user telephone account having a telephone number entry using a wireless personal information device (PID) connected over a data network, the method comprising the steps of:
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updating a user profile in the wireless PID to a user telephone number; and sending a request to set the user telephone account to the user telephone number over a data communications channel to a telephony control server wherein the telephony control server updates the user telephone number entry to the user telephone number.
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