Method and apparatus for providing enhanced communication capability for mobile devices on a virtual private network

• US 7,561,887 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2007
• Issued: 07/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Incorporated (Genesys Cloud Services Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Incorporated (Genesys Cloud Services Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lockhart, Stanford Wayne
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh; Sonny
• Application Number:
  US11/749,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20070213073A1
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556.1, 455/404.2, 455/457, 455/414.2, 455/445, 455/404.1, 455/500, 455/521, 455/430
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42357 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/265 for initial activation of new user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/16 WPBX [Wireless Private Branch Exchange]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 : Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A communication system has a cellular telephony interface in individual ones of two or more mobile vehicles, a position determination system in individual ones of the mobile vehicles, a network of cellular base stations coupled to the mobile vehicles, individual base stations coupled to one or both of a packet-switched or a line-switched telephony system, a router coupled to the base stations and enabled to retrieve GPS position from the telephony events, and a plurality of service centers coupled to one or both of the telephony systems. Telephony events from individual ones of the mobile vehicles are routed according to position reported by the position determination system.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a cellular telephony interface in individual ones of two or more mobile vehicles;

a position determination system in individual ones of the mobile vehicles;

a network of cellular base stations coupled to the mobile vehicles, individual base stations coupled to one or both of a packet-switched or a line-switched telephony system;

a router coupled to the base stations and enabled to retrieve GPS position from the telephony events, and to route incoming telephony events, including telephone calls, to different destinations; and

a plurality of service centers coupled to one or both of the telephony systems;

wherein incoming telephony events from individual ones of the mobile vehicles are routed to one or another of the plurality of service centers depending upon position of a vehicle associated with an incoming event reported by the position determination system to the router.