Method and system for providing access to a telecommunications network

• US 7,047,012 B1
• Filed: 06/03/1997
• Issued: 05/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cingular Wireless II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gerszberg, Irwin, Russell, Jesse Eugene, Schroeder, Robert Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Application Number:
  US08/868,407
• Time in Patent Office: 3,269 Days
• Field of Search: 455/433, 455/461, 455/446, 455/445, 455/403, 455/404.1, 455/414.1, 455/415, 455/414.2, 455/416, 455/417, 455405-409, 379/88.21, 379/355.01, 379/350
• US Class Current: 455/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/045 between access point and backbone network device

Abstract

A system and a method for connecting a call through a telecommunications network. A base station, connected to a public switched telephone network, includes a call processor, a memory and a transceiver. The memory includes a database containing dialing instructions for a wireless station for a telephone connection through the public switched telephone network to a destination station. The transceiver receives a call request from the wireless station, and the call processor in response to the call request, accesses the database and dials a call for connection through the public switched telephone network to the destination station based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station.

Claims

1. A method for connecting a call through a telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for a call at a base station from a wireless station;

accessing a database at the base station containing dialing instructions for the wireless station for a rapidly-established telephone connection through a public switched telephone network to a destination station;

dialing a call for a rapidly-established telephone connection through the public switched telephone network to the destination station based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station; and

establishing the rapidly-established telephone connection for the call from the base station to the destination station using a predetermined routing path through the public switched telephone network based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a request for a call includes the steps of receiving voice signals, and

storing the received voice signals,

the method further comprising the step of:

transmitting the stored voice signals to the destination station when the call is connected through the public switched telephone network.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the wireless station is a mobile station.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of establishing the connection for the call establishes a connection that is time-shared with other wireless stations.

5. A base connected to a public switched telephone network, the base station comprising:

a transceiver receiving a call request from a wireless station;

a memory containing a database, the database containing dialing instructions for the wireless station for a rapidly-established telephone connection through the public switched telephone network to a destination station; and

a call processor responsive to the call request by accessing the database and dialing a call for a rapidly-established telephone connection through the public switched telephone network to the destination station based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station, wherein the rapidly-established telephone connection established for the call from the base station to the destination station is a predetermined routing path through the public switched telephone network based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station.

6. The base station according to claim 5, wherein the memory stores voice signals received by the transceiver from the wireless station prior to the call processor accessing the database, the stored voice signals being transmitted to the destination station when the call is connected through the public switched telephone network.

7. The base station according to claim 6, wherein the wireless station is a mobile station.

8. The base station according to claim 6, wherein the connection established for the call is a connection that is time-shared with other wireless stations.

9. A method for connecting a call through a telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for a call at a base station from a wireless station;

accessing a database at the base station containing dialing instructions for the wireless station for a telephone connection through a public switched telephone network to a destination station;

dialing a call for connection through the public switched telephone network to the destination station based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station; and

establishing a connection for the call from the base station to the destination station using a predetermined routing path through the public switched telephone network based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of receiving a request for a call includes the steps of receiving voice signals, and

storing the received voice signals,

the method further comprising the step of:

transmitting the stored voice signals to the destination station when the call is connected through the public switched telephone network.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the wireless station is a mobile station.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of establishing the connection for the call establishes a connection that is time-shared with other wireless stations.

13. A base station connected to a public switched telephone network, the base station comprising:

a transceiver receiving a call request from a wireless station;

a memory containing a database, the database containing dialing instructions for the wireless station for a telephone connection through the public switched telephone network to a destination station; and

a call processor responsive to the call request by accessing the database and dialing a call for connection through the public switched telephone network to the destination station based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station, a connection established for the call from the base station to the destination station being a predetermined routing path through the public switched telephone network based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station.

14. The base station according to claim 13, wherein the memory stores voice signals received by the transceiver from the wireless station prior to the call processor accessing the database, the stored voice signals being transmitted to the destination station when the call is connected through the public switched telephone network.

15. The base station according to claim 14, wherein the wireless station is a mobile station.

16. The base station according to claim 14, wherein the connection established for the call is a connection that is time-shared with other wireless stations.

17. A method for connecting a call through a telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for a call at a base station from a wireless station;

receiving voice signals when the request for the call is received;

storing the voice signals;

accessing a database at the base station containing dialing instructions for the wireless station for a telephone connection through a public switched telephone network to a destination station;

dialing a call for a connection through the public switched telephone network to the destination station based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station; and

transmitting the stored voice signals to the destination station when the call is connected through the public switched telephone network.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the wireless station is a mobile station.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the step of establishing the connection for the call establishes a connection that is time-shared with other wireless stations.

20. A base station connected to a public switched telephone network, the base station comprising:

a transceiver receiving a call request from a wireless station, the call request including voice signals;

a memory containing a database, the database containing dialing instructions for the wireless station for a telephone connection through the public switched telephone network to a destination station; and

a call processor responsive to the call request by storing the voice signals in the memory, accessing the database and dialing a call for connection through the public switched telephone network to the destination station based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station, the call processor transmitting the stored voice signals to the destination station when the call is connected through the public switched telephone network.

21. The base station according to claim 20, wherein the wireless station is a mobile station.

22. The base station according to claim 20, wherein the connection established for the call is a connection that is time-shared with other wireless stations.