Establishing user accounts for RFID-based telecommunications routing

• US 7,324,476 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2004
• Issued: 01/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Thorson, Derral C., Bodin, William Kress, Rybczynski, Gregory Waldemar, Agrawal, Kavita Kumari
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, BRIAN D
• Application Number:
  US10/981,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20060092874A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,181 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are provided for establishing RFID-based telecommunications routing for a user including identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user, identifying the location of the plurality of telephony devices available to the user, receiving from a user routing preferences, receiving an identification of an RFID tag for the user, and associating with the user the identified telephony devices available to a user, the locations of the plurality of devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag.

Claims

1. A method for establishing RFID-based telecommunications routing for a user, the method comprising:

identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user;

identifying the locations of the plurality of telephony devices available to the user;

receiving from the user routing preferences;

receiving an identification of an RFID tag for the user; and

associating with the user the identified telephony devices available to the user, the locations of the plurality of devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user further comprises receiving a telephony device identification from the user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the location of the plurality of telephony devices available to the user further comprises receiving a telephony device location identification from the user.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving from the user routing preferences further comprises receiving from the user location based routing preferences.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving from the user routing preferences further comprises receiving from the user device based routing preferences.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein associating with the user the identified telephony devices available to the user, the locations of the plurality of devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag further comprises creating a user account in an RFID based routing database.

7. A system for establishing RFID-based telecommunications routing for a user, the system comprising:

means for identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user;

means for identifying the locations of the plurality of telephony devices available to the user;

means for receiving from the user routing preferences;

means for receiving an identification of an RFID tag for the user; and

means for associating with the user the identified telephony devices available to the user, the locations of the plurality of devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein means for identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user further comprises means for receiving a telephony device identification from the user.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein means for identifying the location of the plurality of telephony devices available to the user further comprises means for receiving a telephony device location identification from the user.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein means for receiving from the user routing preferences further comprises means for receiving from the user location based routing preferences.

11. The system of claim 7 wherein means for receiving from the user routing preferences further comprises means for receiving from the user device based routing preferences.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein means for associating with the user the identified telephony devices available to the user, the locations of the plurality of devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the REID tag further comprises means for creating a user account in an RFID based routing database.

13. A computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable medium stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to establish RFID-based telecommunications routing for a user, the computer-readable instructions comprising;

instructions for identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user;

instructions for identifying the locations of the plurality of telephony devices available to the user;

instructions for receiving from the user routing preferences;

instructions for receiving an identification of an RFID tag for the user; and

instructions for associating with the user the identified telephony devices available to the user, the locations of the plurality of devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein instructions for identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user further comprises instructions for receiving a telephony device identification from the user.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein instructions for identifying the locations of the plurality of telephony devices available to the user further comprises instructions for receiving a telephony device location identification from the user.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein instructions for receiving from the user routing preferences further comprises instructions for receiving from the user location based routing preferences.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein instructions for receiving from the user routing preferences further comprises instructions for receiving from the user device based routing preferences.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein instructions for associating with the user the identified telephony devices available to the user the locations of the plurality of devices available to the user, the routing preferences, and the identification of the RFID tag further comprises instructions for creating a user account in an RFID based routing database.