System, device, and method for providing data to a call participant

• US 7,924,813 B1
• Filed: 11/18/2004
• Issued: 04/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: A&T Intellectual Property II LP
• Inventors: Gerszberg, Irwin, Barzegar, Farhad, Hill, Thomas W., Mollica, Scott J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier; Gerald
• Application Number:
  US10/992,460
• Time in Patent Office: 2,336 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/468, 370/356, 370/260, 370/227, 370/432, 370/486, 375/242, 379/88.14, 379/93.05, 379/93.09, 379/142.08, 379/202.01, 379/265.09, 379/93.03, 434/118, 455/556.2, 704/270.1, 709/249, 709/219, 709/225, 709/227, 709/228, 709/250, 348/14.08, 725/111, 726/2
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2478 Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access centralized arrangements where telephones services are combined H04M7/0024; for recording text messages H04M3/5322; for accessing Internet H04M3/4938
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line

Abstract

Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising: via a CPE telephony device simultaneously connectable to a POTS connection and to a connection to a data network: facilitating, via the POTS connection, a PSTN call, and facilitating, via the data network connection, a display of data to a call participant of the PSTN call, the data provided the data network.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a dedicated purposes, non-cellular, CPE telephony device simultaneously connectable to a POTS connection and to a data network connection, the CPE telephony device adapted to;

facilitate, via the POTS connection, a PSTN call to a call participant, and

facilitate, via the data network connection a session through a data network over the PSTN, the CPE telephony device causing a display of data to the call participant of the PSTN call, the data being provided by a data server resident in the data network over the PSTN.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the CPE telephony device comprises a cordless base station.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the CPE telephony device comprises a cordless handset.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the CPE telephony device comprises a corded telephone.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the CPE telephony device comprises a display.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the CPE telephony device comprises a color display.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information comprises textual data.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information comprises graphical data.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the CPE telephony device receives the information in SMS format.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data comprises directory services information.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data comprises information selected from news information, sports information, financial information, weather information, and traffic information.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data comprises promotional information.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a photograph.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a web page.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a chat message.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data comprises game information.

17. A method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising:

via a dedicated purposes, non-cellular, CPE telephony device simultaneously connectable to a POTS connection and to a data network connection;

facilitating, via the POTS connection, a PSTN call to a call participant, and

facilitating, via the data network connection a session through a data network over the PSTN, the CPE telephony device causing a display of data to the call participant of the PSTN call, the data being provided by a data server resident in the data network over the PSTN.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising, via the dedicated purposes, corded or cordless, non-cellular, CPE telephony device, receiving the data.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising, via the dedicated purposes, corded or cordless, non-cellular, CPE telephony device, receiving the data during the PSTN call.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising, via the dedicated purposes, corded or cordless, non-cellular, CPE telephony device, requesting the data.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising, via the dedicated purposes, corded or cordless, non-cellular, CPE telephony device, requesting the data during the PSTN call.

22. A machine readable medium storing instructions for activities comprising:

via a dedicated purposes, non-cellular, CPE telephony device simultaneously connectable to a POTS connection and to a data network connection;

facilitating, via the POTS connection, a PSTN call to a call participant, and

facilitating, via the data network connection a session through a data network over the PSTN, the CPE telephony device causing a display of data to the call participant of the PSTN call, the data being provided by a data server resident in the data network over the PSTN.

23. A method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising:

for a dedicated purposes, non-cellular, CPE telephony device simultaneously connected to a POTS connection and to a data network connection;

providing, via the POTS connection, a PSTN call to a call participant, and

providing, via the data network connection, a session through a data network over the PSTN, the CPE telephony device causing a display of data to the call participant from a data server resident in the data network over the PSTN.