Location information for remote user

• US 7,411,940 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2004
• Issued: 08/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sound View Innovations, LLC (Sound View Innovation Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Gass, Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Chau T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Churnet; Dargaye H
• Application Number:
  US10/949,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20050094627A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,415 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/08 ISDN systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/38 Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections queuing arrangements H04Q3/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4234 Remote access to features of PBX or home telephone systems-teleworking in a PBX
• 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 remote user will set up a telecommunication from some remote terminal to some remote access server through a telephone network. Such telephone network will provide calling line identity information of said remote terminal to said remote access server while this first telecommunications being identified by said remote access server as being performed by a remote worker. The remote access server will then acknowledge said telecommunications by rejecting it with some tag. The remote access server will also register the received calling line identity information to which it will associate said forwarded tag. After a complete disconnection of the telecommunications, the remote terminal will initiate an Internet protocol session to said remote access server using the received tag. The remote access server will then be able to identify said remote terminal while the identification procedure be based on the use of the registered calling line identity affected to said tag.

Claims

1. A method to set up an Internet Protocol session from a remote terminal via a remote access server using a telephone network being able to send calling line identity information, the method comprising the steps of:

setting up a first telecommunications from said remote terminal to said remote access server through said telephone network providing calling line identity information of said remote terminal to said remote access server while said first telecommunications is identified by said remote access server as being performed by a remote user;

answering said first telecommunications by said remote access server by rejecting said first telecommunications with a tag to be forwarded to said remote terminal by said telephone network;

registering by said remote access server of the received calling line identity information to be associated with said tag;

disconnecting said first telecommunications by said remote terminal when receiving said tag forwarded from said telephone network to said remote terminal;

initiating an Internet Protocol session from said remote terminal to said remote access server using said tag;

identifying said remote terminal by said remote access server when the remote access server is interconnected with the remote terminal through said Internet Protocol session, wherein said identifying is based on the registered calling line identity information affected to said tag.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting to said remote access server a remote user indication together with the calling line identity information to be used by said remote access server for identifying the first telecommunications performed by the remote user.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising dialing a predetermined telephone number for setting up said first telecommunications, wherein said predetermined telephone number is associated with said remote access server and dedicated to the remote user.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising performing a user access procedure by said remote user before setting up said first telecommunications.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising utilizing said Internet Protocol session for setting-up a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telecommunications as an emergency call, including forwarding by said remote access server a user location from said remote terminal a public safety answering point by using the registered calling line identity information corresponding to said remote terminal.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising setting-up Internet Protocol session via an Internet Service Provider to be reached through said telephone network.

13. The method according to claim 4, wherein said user access procedure comprises a login procedure on said remote terminal.

7. A computer readable medium having a computer program recorded thereon, the computer program comprising codes adapted to perform the following steps when said computer program is run on a computer comprising a remote access server:

accepting set up of a first telecommunications with a remote terminal through a telephone network capable of sending calling line identity information while identifying said first telecommunications as being performed by a remote user;

answering said first telecommunications by said remote access server by rejecting the first telecommunications with a tag to be forwarded to said remote terminal;

registering by said remote access server the received calling line identity information to be associated with said tag;

accepting initiation of an Internet Protocol session from said remote terminal to said remote access server using said tag.

8. The computer readable medium according to claim 7, wherein said computer program initiated after detection by the remote access server of a remote user indication received together with the calling line identity information.

9. The computer readable medium according to claim 7, wherein said computer program is initiated when a predetermined telephone number, associated with said remote access server and dedicated to the remote user, is dialed for setting up said first telecommunications.

10. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, wherein said computer program is initiated after performing successfully a user access procedure of said remote user.

11. A computer readable medium having a computer program recorded thereon, the computer program comprising codes adapted to perform the following steps when said computer program is run on a remote terminal:

setting up a first telecommunications with a remote access server through a telephone network providing calling line identity information of said remote terminal while said first telecommunications is specified as being performed by a remote user;

disconnecting said first telecommunications by said remote terminal after receiving a tag forwarded from said remote access server to said remote terminal;

initiating an Internet Protocol session from said remote terminal to said remote access server using said tag.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, wherein a user access procedure of said remote user must be successfully performed before setting up said first telecommunications.