System and method for converged network services

• US 8,107,970 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2011
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nextel Communications (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Nextel Communications (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Jain, Praduman D., Khurana, Sanjay, Tabassi, Ali R., Homan, Greg, Last, Becki J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Nghi
• Application Number:
  US13/085,709
• Publication Number:
  US 20110194467A1
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• Field of Search: 455/455, 455/417, 455/521, 379/273
• US Class Current: 455/455
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/1091 Fixed mobile conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42263 where the same subscriber uses different terminals, i.e. nomadism
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing services for stations supported by a residential gateway are provided. The residential gateway can support one or more fixed-line station and/one or more mobile stations. The mobile stations can be supported by a wireless macro network and/or the residential gateway. Services such as simultaneous ringing, distinctive ringing, call transfer, extension functionality, and the like can be provided for the mobile station and the fixed-line station.

Claims

1. A method for providing call services, comprising the acts of:

establishing a call between a first and second station;

receiving, from a third station, a request to join the call between the first and second stations;

establishing the call between the first, second and third stations, wherein the call is routed through a broadband network service provider'"'"'s switch, and the first and third stations are supported by residential gateway coupled to the switch; and

sending a first packet to the residential gateway addressed to the first station and a second packet to the residential gateway addressed to the third station, wherein the first and second packets include voice or signaling information received from the second station.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first station is a mobile station and the third station is a fixed-line station.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first station is a fixed-line station and the third station is a mobile station.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and third stations have different telephone numbers.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the request to join is a predetermined code received from the first station.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the acts of:

receiving a packet from the first station via the residential gateway;

sending the packet to the second station; and

sending the packet to the third station via the residential gateway.