Method and system for providing access to a telecommunications network

• US 7,844,275 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2009
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Schroeder, Robert Edward, Gerszberg, Irwin, Russell, Jesse Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar; Kamran
• Application Number:
  US12/475,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20090239506A1
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4141, 455/415, 455/422.1, 455/425, 455/428, 455/445, 4554261-4262, 455461-462, 455560-561, 455/405, 455/409, 4555541-557, 379/221.01, 379/41, 379/49, 379/51, 379/67.1, 379/88.18, 379/88.25, 379/201.01, 370/328, 370/338
• US Class Current: 455/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/045 between access point and backbone network device

Abstract

A system and a method for connecting a call through a telecommunications network. A base station, connected to a public switched telephone network, includes a call processor, a memory and a transceiver. The memory includes a database containing dialing instructions for a wireless station for a telephone connection through the public switched telephone network to a destination station. The transceiver receives a call request from the wireless station, and the call processor in response to the call request, assesses the database and dials a call for connection through the public switched telephone network to the destination station based on the dialing instructions for the wireless station.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

validating a call request received by a base station from a wireless station, the call request including unique station identification data for a destination station;

obtaining dialing instructions associated with the wireless station, the dialing instructions including information for routing a call form the wireless station to the destination station;

dialing a destination station in accordance with the dialing instructions; and

establishing a connection for the call from the base station to the destination station using a predetermined connection path through a public switched telephone network at least partially based on the dialing instructions.

2. The method, as recited in claim 1, wherein the predetermined connection path is shared by a plurality of different users.

3. The method, as recited in claim 2, wherein time periods are scheduled for each user of the plurality of different users.

4. The method, as recited in claim 1, wherein the predetermined connection path is maintained after receiving a hang up indication.

5. A method comprising:

validating a call request received by a base station from a wireless station;

obtaining dialing instructions associated with the wireless station;

dialing a destination station in accordance with the dialing instructions;

establishing a connection for the call from the base station to the destination station using a predetermined connection path through a public switched telephone network at least partially based on the dialing instructions;

receiving and storing at the base station a message from the wireless station for delivery to the destination station;

receiving a hang up indication from the wireless station before a connection to the destination station is established; and

delivering the message to the destination station once the connection is established.

6. The method, as recited in claim 5, wherein the base station receives unique station identification data for the destination station from the wireless station.

7. The method, as recited in claim 5, wherein the message comprises a voice message.

8. The method, as recited in claim 5, wherein the base station reproduces recorded voice signals for the destination station from the message stored at the call processor.

9. The method, as recited in claim 5, wherein the predetermined connection path is maintained after receiving the hang up indication.

10. A base station for telecommunications comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a call request from a wireless station;

the call request including unique station identification data for a destination station;

a call processor configured to validate the call request and configured to obtain dialing instructions associated with the wireless station, the dialing instructions including information for routing a call from the wireless station to the destination station, and wherein the call processor is configured to dial the destination station in accordance with the dialing instructions for establishing a connection for the call from the base station to the destination station using a predetermined routing path through a public switched telephone network at least partially based on the dialing instructions.

11. The base station, as recited in claim 10, wherein the connection established for the call is a connection that is time-shared with other wireless stations.

12. The base station, as recited in claim 10, wherein the predetermined connection path is shared by a plurality of different users.

13. The base station, as recited in claim 10, wherein time periods are scheduled for each user of the plurality of different users.

14. The base station, as recited in claim 10, wherein the base station is configured to maintain the predetermined connection path after receiving a hang up indication.

15. A base station for telecommunications comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a call request from a wireless station;

a call processor configured to validate the call request and configured to obtain dialing instructions associated with the wireless station, and configured to dial a destination station in accordance with the dialing instructions for establishing a connection for the call from the base station to the destination station using a predetermined routing path through a public switched telephone network at least partially based on the dialing instructions,

wherein the base station is configured to receive and store a message from the wireless station for delivery to the destination station, receive a hang up indication from the wireless station before a connection to the destination station is established, and deliver the message to the destination station once the connection is established.

16. The base station, as recited in claim 15, wherein the message comprises a voice message.

17. The base station, as recited in claim 15, wherein the base station is configured to reproduce recorded voice signals for the destination station from the message stored at the call processor.

18. The base station, as recited in claim 15, wherein the base station is configured to maintain the predetermined connection path after receiving the hang up indication.