Method for registering communication terminals with base station devices by using virtual appliances

• US 8,380,202 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2012
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Krishnaswamy, Venkatesh, Wu, Xiaotao, Balasaygun, Mehmet C., Buford, John
• Primary Examiner(s): MIZRAHI, DIANE D
• Application Number:
  US13/563,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20120302236A1
• Time in Patent Office: 203 Days
• Field of Search: 455/435.1, 455/436
• US Class Current: 455/436
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/105 PBS [Private Base Station] network H04W84/12 - H04W84/16 take precedence

Abstract

A method for the registration of a communication terminal is provided. In some embodiments of the present invention, a communication terminal is registered with a base station by searching and executing a virtual appliance that contains base station software with which the communication terminal pre-subscribed. In some embodiments of the present invention, a communication terminal is registered as an endpoint device for a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) uniform resource identifier (URI) when the communication terminal registers with the base station.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a base station, a request to register a handset having an identifier that distinguishes the handset from other handsets, wherein the base station is at least one of a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications base station and a cordless advanced technology-Internet and quality base station; and

in response to the request to register the handset, selecting and starting a virtual appliance on the base station, wherein the virtual appliance is associated with a service that the handset is pre-subscribed to access, and wherein the virtual appliance recognizes the identifier as an indication that the handset is allowed to access the service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the base station obtains the virtual appliance by searching a virtual appliance repository, wherein the virtual appliance repository comprises a database that relates at least one virtual appliance to a characteristic of the at least one virtual appliance.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual appliance accepts the identifier as a valid credential that can be used by the handset to become authenticated with the virtual appliance.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the identifier comprises a string stored at the handset.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier associates the base station with the service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual appliance uses the identifier to identify the service.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising downloading the virtual appliance prior to launching the virtual appliance on the base station.

8. A base station comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising;

receiving a request to register a handset having an identifier that distinguishes the handset from other handsets, wherein the base station is at least one of a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications base station and a cordless advanced technology-Internet and quality base station; and

in response to the request to register the handset, selecting and starting a virtual appliance, wherein the virtual appliance is associated with a service that the handset is pre-subscribed to access, and wherein the virtual appliance recognizes the identifier as an indication that the handset is allowed to access the service.

9. The base station of claim 8, wherein the virtual appliance accepts the identifier as a valid credential that can be used by the handset to become authenticated with the virtual appliance.

10. The base station of claim 9, wherein the identifier comprises a string stored at the handset.

11. The base station of claim 8, wherein the identifier associates the base station with the service.

12. The base station of claim 8, wherein the virtual appliance uses the identifier to identify the service.

13. The base station of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable storage medium further stores instructions which result in the method further comprising downloading the virtual appliance prior to launching the virtual appliance on the base station.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving, at a base station, a request to register a handset having an identifier that distinguishes the handset from other handsets, wherein the base station is at least one of a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications base station and a cordless advanced technology-Internet and quality base station; and

in response to the request to register the handset, selecting and starting a virtual appliance on the base station, wherein the virtual appliance is associated with a service that the handset is pre-subscribed to access, and wherein the virtual appliance recognizes the identifier as an indication that the handset is allowed to access the service.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the base station obtains the virtual appliance by searching a virtual appliance repository, wherein the virtual appliance repository comprises a database that relates at least one virtual appliance to a characteristic of the at least one virtual appliance.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the virtual appliance accepts the identifier as a valid credential that can be used by the handset to become authenticated with the virtual appliance.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the identifier comprises a string stored at the handset.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the identifier associates the base station with the service.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the virtual appliance uses the identifier to identify the service.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further stores instructions which result in the method further comprising downloading the virtual appliance prior to launching the virtual appliance on the base station.