Portable call management system

• US 7,149,506 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2002
• Issued: 12/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RPX Clearinghouse LLC (RPX Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Nortel Networks Corporation)
• Inventors: Sosebee, Mark, Holmes, Kim B., Osterhout, Gregory T.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, THUAN T
• Application Number:
  US10/199,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20020187777A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 455/417, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/415, 455/425, 455/458, 455/459, 455/463, 455/466, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/442, 455/445, 455/435.1, 455/435.2, 455/435.3, 455/438, 455/439, 455/414.4, 455/432.2, 709/217, 709/219, 709/220, 709/227, 340 352- 354, 340/825.29, 340/7.46, 340/7.47, 340/7.52, 340/825.52, 340/3.5, 340/7.45
• US Class Current: 455/417
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

A method of redirecting a call from a data processing system to another address. In a preferred embodiment, a notice of an incoming call received from a server at a data processing system. This notice may include caller identification information as well. The user of the data processing system is prompted for an address to which the user wishes the call to be redirected. The user then identifies and sends to the server a new address to which the incoming call is to be redirected. The server then redirects the call to the new address.

Claims

1. A method in a communications system for processing a call, the method comprising:

receiving, at a session initiated protocol (SIP) server, a notice of a call for a mobile data processing system associated with a user;

identifying an address to which the call is to be sent from a database of preferred locations, wherein the user has previously indicated a preferred location;

sending a first request to setup the call to the mobile data processing system associated with the user, wherein the mobile data processing system has a wireless communications capability;

sending a notification message to the mobile data processing system indicating the first request to setup the call, wherein the notification is presented to the user via the mobile data processing system; and

, in response to the notification, user input is received from the user identifying an address to which the call is to be directed;

receiving, prior to establishing the call, a response to the request, wherein the response includes the address for the call input by the user of the mobile data processing system in response to receiving the notification message; and

sending a second request to setup the call to the user using the address.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data processing system is a personal digital assistant.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the personal digital assistant is a Palm VII.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request and the response are session initiation protocol messages.

5. A method for processing a call at a data processing system the method comprising:

receiving, at a session initiated protocol (SIP) server, a notice of a call for a mobile data processing system associated with a user;

identifying an address to which the call is to be sent from a database of preferred locations, wherein the user has previously indicated a preferred location;

receiving a notification message at the data processing system indicating a request to setup the call;

presenting the notification to the user at the data processing system;

receiving the request to establish the call;

presenting caller information at the data processing system;

receiving user input from the user identifying an address to which the call is to be directed; and

responsive to an identification of the address for the call, returning a response including the address to which the call is to be directed.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the step of presenting caller information comprises displaying the caller information.

7. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the step of presenting caller information comprises presenting the caller information audibly.

8. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the request and the response are session initiation protocol massages.

9. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the data processing system is a wireless device.

10. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the step of presenting caller information comprises a vibrating alert.

11. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the data processing system is a two-way pager.

12. A method for initiating calls, comprising the steps of:

receiving a registration notice of an incoming call, wherein said registration notice is formatted in a first protocol;

translating said registration notice from the first protocol into a second protocol to form a modified registration notice; and

transmitting the modified registration notice to a terminating device;

wherein the modified registration notice is formatted in the second protocol.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, further comprising:

selecting, at a session initiated protocol (SIP) server, an address to which the user has previously selected the call be sent from a database of preferred locations;

receiving a location data with which to redirect the incoming call from the terminating device;

wherein the location data is formatted in the second protocol; and

translating the location data to a second location data; and

transmitting the second location data, wherein the second location data is formatted in the second protocol.

14. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the first protocol is a session initiation protocol.

15. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the second protocol is a hypertext markup language.