“Roaming” method and apparatus for use in emulating a user's “home” telecommunications environment
First Claim
1. A method for emulating a home telecommunications environment for a user associated with said home telecommunications environment, the home telecommunications environment comprising a home telecommunications network, the user located at a remote telecommunications device, the remote telecommunications device associated with a different telecommunications network than said home telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request from the user to initiate emulation of the home telecommunications environment;
receiving authentication information from the user indicating the user'"'"'s association with the home telecommunications environment;
determining the home telecommunications network which is associated with the given home telecommunications environment;
instructing the telecommunications network associated with the remote telecommunications device to process signaling information associated with the user'"'"'s use of the remote telecommunications device based on the determined home telecommunications network, thereby emulating the home telecommunications environment for the user;
redirecting incoming calls directed to the user within said home telecommunications environment to the remote telecommunications device; and
blocking incoming calls directed to the remote telecommunications device except for said incoming calls directed to the user within said home telecommunications environment.
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Abstract
The concept of “roaming” is extended to wireline networks with a network hosted technique which emulates a wireline telecommunications network user'"'"'s environment when the user is using a wireline telecommunications device located at a physical location other than his or her “home” location, or when using a wireline or wireless telecommunications device other than his or her own regardless of the location. Any telephone or other telecommunications device being used by the user advantageously appears to be logically connected directly to his or her home telecommunications network, irrespective of the location of the telephone or other telecommunications device being used and the telecommunications network to which that device is actually connected.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for emulating a home telecommunications environment for a user associated with said home telecommunications environment, the home telecommunications environment comprising a home telecommunications network, the user located at a remote telecommunications device, the remote telecommunications device associated with a different telecommunications network than said home telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request from the user to initiate emulation of the home telecommunications environment; receiving authentication information from the user indicating the user'"'"'s association with the home telecommunications environment; determining the home telecommunications network which is associated with the given home telecommunications environment; instructing the telecommunications network associated with the remote telecommunications device to process signaling information associated with the user'"'"'s use of the remote telecommunications device based on the determined home telecommunications network, thereby emulating the home telecommunications environment for the user; redirecting incoming calls directed to the user within said home telecommunications environment to the remote telecommunications device; and blocking incoming calls directed to the remote telecommunications device except for said incoming calls directed to the user within said home telecommunications environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for providing an emulation of a home telecommunications environment for a user associated with said home telecommunications environment, the home telecommunications environment comprising a home telecommunications network, the user located at a remote telecommunications device, the remote telecommunications device associated with a different telecommunications network than said home telecommunications network, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a request from the user to initiate emulation of the home telecommunications environment; means for receiving authentication information from the user indicating the user'"'"'s association with the home telecommunications environment; means for determining the home telecommunications network which is associated with the given home telecommunications environment; means for instructing the telecommunications network associated with the remote telecommunications device to process signaling information associated with the user'"'"'s use of the remote telecommunications device based on the determined home telecommunications switch, thereby emulating the home telecommunications environment for the user; means for redirecting incoming calls directed to the user within said home telecommunications environment to the remote telecommunications device; and means for blocking incoming calls directed to the remote telecommunications device except for said incoming calls directed to the user within said home telecommunications environment - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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