System for providing location independent uniform service access for communication subscribers

• US 7,110,772 B1
• Filed: 06/25/1999
• Issued: 09/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Technology Corporation Miami Lakes FLA US
• Inventors: Wu, Charles C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Craver, Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dean, Raymond S.
• Application Number:
  US09/344,261
• Time in Patent Office: 2,643 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456, 455/552, 455/427, 455/428, 455/461, 455/465, 455/462, 455/414, 455/417, 455/464, 455/553, 455/554, 455/566, 455/436, 455/437, 455/440, 455/445, 455/454
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

The system for providing location independent uniform service access for communication subscribers provides the capability to dynamically translate the local communications access paradigms to enable the subscriber to access the desired communications services without manually translating these access modalities from those known by the subscriber in their home service area to those used in this new locale. The implementation of the present system for providing location independent uniform service access for communication subscribers is illustrated as being resident in the subscriber'"'"'s communication network access device. For example, the subscriber'"'"'s wireless communication device can be equipped with an automated location determining capability, such as a Global Positioning System (GPS), or the location information can be obtained from the wireless base station, and a translation data base that maps the subscriber'"'"'s local communications access paradigms into those corresponding communications access paradigms in use in the subscriber'"'"'s present location. The subscriber'"'"'s wireless communication device responds to the subscriber'"'"'s data input indicative of an access to a desired communications service by translating the input data into the data script that corresponds to the communications access paradigm in use at the present location for the desired communications service.

Claims

1. A system, operable in a subscriber communication device, for providing location independent uniform service access for communication subscribers, comprising:

means for storing data indicative of at least one location specific presence of each of a plurality of subscriber communication services;

means for automatically determining a location of said subscriber communication device;

means, responsive to said determined location and a subscriber selecting a one of said subscriber communication services, for retrieving data from said means for storing indicative of a one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said determined location;

means for activating said subscriber communication device using said retrieved data to establish communication with said one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said determined location;

means, responsive to movement of said subscriber communication device, for activating said means for retrieving to obtain data from said means for storing indicative of a one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said newly determined location; and

means for comparing said one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said newly determined location with the one of said location specific presences presently in communication with said subscriber communication device.

2. The system for providing location independent uniform service access for communication subscribers of claim 1 further comprising:

means, responsive to said location specific presence for said newly determined location differing from said location specific presence presently in communication with said subscriber communication device, for transferring said communication with said subscriber communication device from said location specific presence presently in communication with said subscriber communication device to said location specific presence for said newly determined location.

3. A method of operating a system, operable in a subscriber communication device, for providing location independent uniform service access for communication subscribers, comprising the steps of:

storing data in a memory indicative of at least one location specific presence of each of a plurality of subscriber communication services;

automatically determining a location of said subscriber communication device; and

retrieving, in response to said determined location and a subscriber selecting a one of said subscriber communication services, data from said memory indicative of a one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said determined location;

activating said subscriber communication device using said retrieved data to establish communication with said one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said determined location;

activating, in response to movement of said subscriber communication device, said step of retrieving to obtain data from said memory indicative of a one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said newly determined location; and

comparing said one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said newly determined location with the one of said location specific presences presently in communication with said subscriber communication device.

4. The method of operating a system for providing location independent uniform service access for communication subscribers of claim 3 further comprising:

transferring, in response to said location specific presence for said newly determined location differing from said location specific presence presently in communication with said subscriber communication device, said communication with said subscriber communication device from said location specific presence presently in communication with said subscriber communication device to said location specific presence for said newly determined location.

5. A system, operable in a subscriber communication device, for providing location independent uniform service access for communication subscribers, comprising:

a memory for storing address data information usable for accessing at least one location specific presence of each of a plurality of subscriber communication services;

global positioning means for automatically determining a present location of said subscriber communication device;

memory access means, responsive to said determined location and a subscriber selecting a one of said subscriber communication services, for retrieving data from said means for storing indicative of a one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said determined location;

call rerouting means for activating said subscriber communication device using said retrieved data to establish communication with said one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said determined location;

means, responsive to movement of said subscriber communication device, for activating said means for retrieving to obtain address data from said memory indicative of a one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said newly determined location; and

means for comparing said one of said location specific presences corresponding to said selected subscriber communication service operational in said newly determined location with the one of said location specific presences presently in communication with said subscriber communication device.

6. The system for providing location independent uniform service access for communication subscribers of claim 5 further comprising:

means, responsive to said location specific presence for said newly determined location differing from said location specific presence presently in communication with said subscriber communication device, for transferring said communication with said subscriber communication device from said location specific presence presently in communication with said subscriber communication device to said location specific presence for said newly determined location.