Authentication mechanism for telephony devices
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1. A method for serving a plurality of communication devices associated with a plurality of subscribers, comprising:
- determining that at least first and second subscribers are in the vicinity of a selected communication device at least once during a defined time interval; and
configuring the selected communication device according to a first set of preferences associated with the first subscriber before the first subscriber causes the selected communication device to perform a telephony function and according to a second set of preferences associated with the second subscriber before the second subscriber causes the selected communication device to perform the telephony function, wherein the first and second sets of preferences are different from one another.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a presence aware network 100 that includes a plurality of communication devices 124a–n and 128a–n, associated with a plurality of subscribers. Each communication device may be configured automatically according to a first set of preferences associated with a first subscriber when the first subscriber performs a telephony function on the communication device and according to a second set of preferences when a different second subscriber performs the telephony function on the communication device. The first and second sets of preferences are different from one another.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for serving a plurality of communication devices associated with a plurality of subscribers, comprising:
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determining that at least first and second subscribers are in the vicinity of a selected communication device at least once during a defined time interval; and configuring the selected communication device according to a first set of preferences associated with the first subscriber before the first subscriber causes the selected communication device to perform a telephony function and according to a second set of preferences associated with the second subscriber before the second subscriber causes the selected communication device to perform the telephony function, wherein the first and second sets of preferences are different from one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for routing an incoming contact, comprising:
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(a) receiving a first wireless signal at a first communication device, the first wireless signal being emitted by a first emitter carried by a first subscriber and comprising a first set of credentials associated with the first subscriber; (b) authenticating the first set of credentials; (c) when the authentication of the first set of credentials is successful, granting access to a telephony function of the first communication device; (d) when the authentication of the first set of credentials is unsuccessful, denying access to the telephony function of the first communication device; (e) receiving an incoming contact for the first subscriber; (f) directing the incoming contact to the first communication device; (g) thereafter receiving a second wireless signal from the first emitter at a second communication device, the first and second communication devices being geographically dislocated from one another; and (h) transferring the incoming contact from the first communication device to the second communication device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A presence aware network, comprising:
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a plurality of communication devices connected to the network and associated with the plurality of subscribers; a presence server operable to access presence information associated with a plurality of network subscribers and/or communication devices associated therewith; and a subscriber location table listing available communication devices, including, for a selected one of the listed communication devices, a listing of two or more subscribers concurrently registered with the selected communication device, wherein, when an incoming call is received for any one of the two or more listed subscribers, the incoming contact is forwarded to the selected one communication device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A presence aware network, comprising:
a plurality of communication devices, at least one of the communication devices being simultaneously associated with at least first and second subscribers, the at least one communication device being operable to be configured according to a first set of preferences associated with a first subscriber, when the first subscriber performs a telephony function on the at least one of the communication devices and according to a second set of preferences when a second subscriber performs the telephony function on the at least one of the communication devices, wherein the first and second sets of preferences are different from one another. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for routing an incoming contact, comprising:
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(a) receiving a first wireless signal at a first communication device, the first wireless signal being emitted by a first emitter carried by a first subscriber and comprising a first set of credentials associated with the first subscriber; (b) authenticating the first set of credentials; (c) when the authentication of the first set of credentials is successful, granting access to a telephony function of the first communication device; (d) when the authentication of the first set of credentials is unsuccessful, denying access to the telephony function of the first communication device (e) receiving a second wireless signal at a first communication device, the second wireless signal being emitted by a second emitter carried by a second subscriber and comprising a second set of credentials associated with the second subscriber; (f) authenticating the second set of credentials; (g) when the authentication of the second set of credentials is successful, granting access to the telephony function of the first communication device; and (h) when the authentication of the second set of credentials is unsuccessful, denying access to the telephony function of the second communication device; (i) providing first and second sets of preferences corresponding to the first and second subscribers to the first communication device during the defined time interval, the first and second sets of preferences being different from one another; and (j) configuring the first communication device according to the first set of preferences when the first subscriber performs a telephony function and according to the second set of preferences when the second subscriber performs the telephony function.
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