System and method of transitioning between cellular and voice over internet protocol communication
First Claim
1. A method of forwarding a call from a mobile phone, the method comprising:
- determining that the mobile phone is within range of a wireless local area network base station with voice over internet protocol capability, the mobile phone including a wireless local area network (WLAN) module and a wireless wide area network (WWAN) module;
receiving an internet protocol address associated with the wireless local area network base station via the WLAN module;
sending a call forwarding message including the Internet Protocol (IP) address from the mobile phone to a remote cellular network element of a wide area cellular network via the WWAN module, the call forwarding message to redirect a call destined for the mobile phone to the wireless local area network base station for transmission to the mobile phone;
determining that the mobile phone has moved out of range of the wireless local area network base station and while the mobile phone is out of range of the wireless local area network base station, sending a message to the cellular network element to cancel call forwarding to the wireless local area network base station.
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Abstract
A multi-mode cellular and voice over internet protocol mobile device and a supporting network is disclosed. The mobile device includes a housing, an antenna, a wide area cellular communications module to provide wide area cellular communications, and a short-range wireless local area network module to provide a wireless communications interface to a wireless local area network having voice over internet protocol capability. In a particular embodiment, an internet protocol address managed by a wireless LAN base station is forwarded to and stored by the mobile phone device. In another embodiment, a method of forwarding a call from a mobile phone to a wireless LAN base station is disclosed. In another illustrative embodiment, a method of communicating from a wireless LAN base station to a mobile phone is disclosed. The method includes determining that the mobile phone is within range of a wireless LAN base station, connecting the mobile phone to the wireless LAN, including retrieving an internet protocol address, connecting the mobile phone to the voice over internet protocol (VoIP) provider, including retrieving an optional port number, and sending the internet protocol address and optional port number of the VoIP provider to the cellular provider as a request to forward calls for the mobile phone through the VoIP provider.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of forwarding a call from a mobile phone, the method comprising:
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determining that the mobile phone is within range of a wireless local area network base station with voice over internet protocol capability, the mobile phone including a wireless local area network (WLAN) module and a wireless wide area network (WWAN) module; receiving an internet protocol address associated with the wireless local area network base station via the WLAN module; sending a call forwarding message including the Internet Protocol (IP) address from the mobile phone to a remote cellular network element of a wide area cellular network via the WWAN module, the call forwarding message to redirect a call destined for the mobile phone to the wireless local area network base station for transmission to the mobile phone; determining that the mobile phone has moved out of range of the wireless local area network base station and while the mobile phone is out of range of the wireless local area network base station, sending a message to the cellular network element to cancel call forwarding to the wireless local area network base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
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7. A mobile phone device comprising:
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a housing; an antenna attached to the housing; a wide area cellular communications module disposed within the housing, the wide area cellular communications module having a cellular interface to communicate with a remote wide area cellular network; and a short-range wireless local area network module disposed within the housing, the short-range wireless local area network module including a wireless interface to communicate with the wireless local area network having voice over internet protocol communications capability, the short-range wireless local area network module adapted to receive an Internet Protocol (IP) address from the wireless local area network; wherein the wide area cellular communication module formulates a call forwarding message that includes the IP address; and wherein the wide area cellular communication module communicates the call forwarding message to the remote wide area cellular network via the cellular interface; and wherein the wide area cellular communication module is adapted to formulate a cancel message to cancel the previously communicated call forwarding message, the cancel message for transmission to the remote wide area cellular network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 10, 11)
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12. A method of forwarding a call from a mobile communication device, the method comprising:
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receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) address at a wireless communication device from a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) module of a wireless local area network device via a short range wireless network, the wireless communication device including a wide area network communications module to communicate with a wide area wireless network and a local area network communications module to communicate with the wireless local area network device; establishing a connection to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider via the wireless local area network using the IP address; after the mobile communication device is registered with the VoIP provider, sending a call forwarding message from the mobile communication device to a cellular network element of the wide area wireless network via the wide area network communications module, the call forwarding message including data related to the VoIP provider to forward calls intended for the mobile communications device to the VoIP provider for routing to the mobile communication device via the wireless local area network; and detennining that the mobile phone has moved out of range of the wireless local area network base station and while the mobile phone is out of range of the wireless local area network base station, sending a message to the cellular network element to cancel call forwarding to the wireless local area network base station. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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