Peer-to-peer voice over internet protocol

• US 8,315,521 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2009
• Issued: 11/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Leiden, Stevan H., Rath, Ayaskant, Liu, Yong, Panwar, Shivendra, Ross, Keith
• Primary Examiner(s): Pascal, Leslie
• Application Number:
  US12/639,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20100278534A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 398/68, 398 71- 72, 398 66- 67
• US Class Current: 398/67
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0063 where the network is a peer-to-peer network

Abstract

An optical network terminal receives, from a user device associated with the optical network terminal, a call to a called party, and checks a table, which may be locally cached in the optical network terminal, for a network location of another optical network terminal associated with the called party. The device also establishes a connection with another user device associated with the other optical network terminal, based on the network location, and exchanges voice data with the other user device associated with the other optical network terminal via the connection.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a first optical network terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, by the first optical network terminal, a call from a second optical network terminal;

determining, by the first optical network terminal, whether a number associated with the call is correct;

notifying, by the first optical network terminal, the second optical network terminal of a connection failure when the number associated with the call is incorrect;

accepting, by the first optical network terminal, the call when the number associated with the call is correct;

establishing, by the first optical network terminal, a connection with the second optical network terminal when the call is accepted; and

exchanging, by the first optical network terminal, voice data, associated with the call, with the second optical network terminal via the connection.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, based on preferences, whether to accept the call; and

accepting the call when the preferences indicate that the call is to be accepted.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recording information associated with the call; and

providing the information associated with the call to a server when the call is completed.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing a network location of the second optical network terminal in a cache of the first optical network terminal.

5. An optical network terminal, comprising:

a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and

a processor to execute the plurality of instructions in the memory to;

receive, from a user device associated with the optical network terminal, a call to a called party,

determine whether a cache of the optical network terminal includes a network location of another optical network terminal associated with the called party,

establish, when the cache includes the network location, a connection with the other optical network terminal based on the network location,

exchange voice data, associated with the call, with the other optical network terminal via the connection,

receive another call from the other optical network terminal,

determine whether a number associated with the other call is correct,

notify the other optical network terminal of a connection failure when the number associated with the other call is incorrect,

accept the other call when the number associated with the other call is determined to be correct,

establish another connection with the other optical network terminal when the other call is accepted, and

exchange voice data, associated with the other call, with the other optical network terminal via the other connection.

6. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

retrieve, from the cache, the network location of the other optical network terminal when the cache includes the network location.

7. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

record information associated with the call, and

provide the information associated with the call to a server when the call is completed.

8. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

store, in the cache, the network location of the other optical network terminal.

9. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

determine, based on preferences, whether to accept the other call, and

accept the other call when the preferences indicate that the other call is to be accepted.

10. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

record information associated with the other call; and

provide the information associated with the call to a server when the other call is completed.

11. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

retrieve subscriber account information from a set-top box or a set-top box replacer (STBR) device associated with the optical network terminal, and

provide the subscriber account information to the user device.

12. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the call to the called party corresponds to a first call,

where the other call from the other optical network terminal corresponds to a second call, and

where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

receive a third call from the other optical network terminal,

provide a voice mail greeting to a caller associated with the third call when a subscriber associated with the optical network terminal is unavailable,

record a voice message from the caller after provide the voice mail greeting, and

provide the recorded voice message to a set-top box or a set-top box replacer (STBR) device associated with the optical network terminal.

13. The optical network terminal of claim 12, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

send a notification of the recorded voice message to the user device.

14. The optical network terminal of claim 13, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

receive, from the user device, a request to retrieve the recorded voice message, and

provide the recorded voice message to the user device based on the request.

15. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the call to the called party corresponds to a first call,

where the other call from the other optical network terminal corresponds to a second call, and

where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

store, in the cache, an address book of a subscriber associated with the optical network terminal,

receive a third call,

retrieve, from the address book, information about a caller associated with the third call, and

provide the retrieved information to the user device.

16. The optical network terminal of claim 15, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

select, from the address book, a ring tone for the third call,

provide the selected ring tone to the user device,

select, from the address book, a ringback tone corresponding to the caller associated with the third call, and

provide the selected ringback tone to the caller associated with the third call.

17. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the call to the called party corresponds to a first call,

where the other call from the other optical network terminal corresponds to a second call, and

where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

receive a third call from the user device,

identify the third call as an emergency call,

connect to an emergency call handler associated with the optical network terminal, and

provide the emergency call to the emergency call handler for forwarding to an appropriate emergency service.

18. The optical network terminal of claim 5, where the processor is further to execute instructions in the memory to:

receive a lawful intercept request from an optical network terminal (ONT) initiation and configuration manager (OICM) device,

capture information associated with a particular call received by or provided from the optical network terminal, and

forward the captured information to the OICM device for forwarding to a law enforcement agency that issued the lawful intercept request.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a first optical network terminal, cause the first optical network terminal to;

receive a call from a second optical network terminal;

determine whether a number associated with the call is correct;

notify the second optical network terminal of a connection failure when the number associated with the call is incorrect;

accept the call when the number associated with the call is correct;

establish a connection with the second optical network terminal when the call is accepted; and

exchange voice data, associated with the call, with the second optical network terminal via the connection.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

one or more instructions to determine, based on preferences, whether to accept the call; and

one or more instructions to accept the call when the preferences indicate that the call is to be accepted.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

one or more instructions to record information associated with the call; and

one or more instructions to provide the recorded information associated with the call to a server when the call is completed.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

one or more instructions to receive, from a user device associated with the first optical network terminal, another call to a called party associated with the second optical network terminal,

one or more instructions to determine whether a cache of the first optical network terminal includes a network location of the second optical network terminal,

one or more instructions to establish, when the cache includes the network location, another connection with the second optical network terminal based on the network location, and

one or more instructions to exchange voice data, associated with the other call, with the second optical network terminal via the other connection.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

one or more instructions to receive a lawful intercept request from an optical network terminal (ONT) initiation and configuration manager (OICM) device;

one or more instructions to capture information associated with a particular call received by or provided from the first optical network terminal; and

one or more instructions to forward the captured information to the OICM device for forwarding to a law enforcement agency that issued the lawful intercept request.