Assembly, and associated method, for telephonic call connection with a virtually-resident telephonic station
DCFirst Claim
1. In a communication network having at least a first calling station connected to a first telephonic network and a service-user calling station automatically connected to a packet-based network, an improvement of an assembly for facilitating call connection between the first calling station and the service-user calling station, the service-user calling station having at least a first virtual calling-station identity in the first telephonic network such that the service-user calling station appears virtually resident in the first telephonic network, said assembly comprising:
- a virtual-location indexer embodied at the packet-based network, said indexer for automatically indexing together the at least the first virtual calling-station identity of the service-user calling station with a selected packet-based-network identity of the service-user calling station,the packet-based-network identity automatically associated with logical connection of the service-user calling station to the packet data network and the virtual calling-station identity associated with a virtual residency location of the service-user calling station in the first telephonic network,said indexer automatically accessed pursuant to call routing of a call between the first calling station and the service-user calling station to permit effectuation of the call connection therebetween, wherein the call connection is local to the first telephonic network, while permitting the service-user calling station to be physically located at another location.
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Abstract
An assembly, and an associated method, by which to place a telephonic station in virtual residency in a telephonic network. The virtually-resident telephonic station is coupled to a packet data network, such as the Internet backbone. The virtually-resident telephonic station has packet network address determined by the location of its connection to the packet data network. An index, formed by an indexer, is maintained at a proxy server embodied at the packet data network. When a call is placed by a calling station for connection with the virtually-resident telephonic station, the call is routed to the packet data network, and the index is accessed to ascertain the address of the virtually-resident telephonic station. When the address is ascertained, the call is routed to the virtually-resident telephonic station, and the call connection is completed.
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1. In a communication network having at least a first calling station connected to a first telephonic network and a service-user calling station automatically connected to a packet-based network, an improvement of an assembly for facilitating call connection between the first calling station and the service-user calling station, the service-user calling station having at least a first virtual calling-station identity in the first telephonic network such that the service-user calling station appears virtually resident in the first telephonic network, said assembly comprising:
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a virtual-location indexer embodied at the packet-based network, said indexer for automatically indexing together the at least the first virtual calling-station identity of the service-user calling station with a selected packet-based-network identity of the service-user calling station, the packet-based-network identity automatically associated with logical connection of the service-user calling station to the packet data network and the virtual calling-station identity associated with a virtual residency location of the service-user calling station in the first telephonic network, said indexer automatically accessed pursuant to call routing of a call between the first calling station and the service-user calling station to permit effectuation of the call connection therebetween, wherein the call connection is local to the first telephonic network, while permitting the service-user calling station to be physically located at another location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a method of communicating in a communication network having at least a first calling station connected to a first telephonic network and a service-user calling station automatically connected to a packet-based network, an improvement of a method for facilitating call connection automatically between the first calling station and the service-user calling station, the service-user calling station having at least a first virtual calling-station identity in the first telephonic network such that the service-user calling station appears virtually resident in the first telephonic network, said method comprising:
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automatically indexing together the at least the first virtual calling-station identity of the service-user calling station with a selected packet-based-network identity of the service-user calling station, the packet-based-network identity automatically associated with logical connection of the service-user calling station to the packet data network and the virtual calling-station identity associated with a virtual residency location of the service-user calling station in the first telephonic network; and accessing the indexed formed during said operation of indexing pursuant to call routing of a call between the first calling station and the service user calling station to permit the automatic effectuation of the call connection therebetween, wherein the call connection is local to the first telephonic network, while permitting the service-user calling station to be physically located at another location. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification