Multi-mode handset services

• US 8,694,008 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2005
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cingular Wireless LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bonner, Thomas W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Aljibade Akonai, Olumide T
• Assistant Examiner(s): HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA
• Application Number:
  US11/154,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20060286984A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,218 Days
• Field of Search: 455/445, 455/440, 455/432.1, 455/434, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 455/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0011 for data sessions of end-to-end connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/30 by measured or perceived connection quality data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/105 PBS [Private Base Station] network H04W84/12 - H04W84/16 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Delivery of dual-mode GSM/WiFi voice and data services to a consumer with support for transparent network registrations and handovers between GSM and WiFi networks. Aspects include transparently and wirelessly automating call redirection procedures of calls and data (e.g., SMS messages) to legacy telephone devices, to GSM handsets via broadband, and to VoIP devices via broadband. An indoor network is treated as a pseudo visitor PLMN (VPLMN) by the home PLMN (HPLMN) which does not require GSM radio coverage in an indoor network. This innovation provides a means for automating a process of redirecting a subscriber'"'"'s calls from the GSM network to the subscriber'"'"'s home network, and can utilize a Bluetooth access point to provide a beacon signal for triggering redirection.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory to store executable instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising;

detecting whether a dual mode wireless device is located within an 802.11 wireless coverage area of an 802.11 network utilizing a global system for mobile communications wireless interface;

in response to detecting that the dual mode wireless device is located within the 802.11 wireless coverage area, sending, via a plain old telephone system interface, a session initiation protocol message directed to a voice-over-internet protocol system for initiating power up of an 802.11 transceiver of the dual mode wireless device, wherein the voice-over-internet protocol system is coupled to a network device of a global system for mobile communications network;

in response to receiving a communication from the voice-over-internet protocol system based on the session initiation protocol message, initiating the power up of the 802.11 transceiver;

in response to the initiating of the power up of the 802.11 transceiver, receiving, from the dual mode wireless device via an 802.11 based wireless communication, information associated with a subscription of a voice-over-internet protocol service associated with the voice-over internet protocol system, based on another communication that has been registered with an internet protocol multimedia system service device by the voice-over internet protocol system, forwarded from the voice-over internet protocol system to an access point device of the 802.11 network, and routed between the voice-over internet protocol system and a home public land mobile network device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a wireless access point device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the wireless access point device is inside an enclosed building.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving call information redirected from the network device of the global system for mobile communications network.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the initiating of the power up comprises initiating the power up of the 802.11 transceiver utilizing a wireless beacon signal.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating signal strength information associated with the dual mode wireless device.

7. A mobile handset, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the instructions to perform operations, comprising;

receiving, based on a session initiation protocol message communicated between an access point device of an 802.11 network and a voice-over-internet protocol device coupled to a global system for mobile communications network, a wireless signal according to a detection, via a global system for mobile communications wireless interface, of the mobile handset within a location of an 802.11 wireless coverage area of the 802.11 network, and according to a reception, via a plain old telephone system interface, of a session initiation protocol message by a network device of the global system for mobile communications network;

in response to the receiving of the wireless signal, powering up an 802.11 transceiver of the mobile handset; and

sending, via an 802.11 based wireless communication utilizing the 802.11 transceiver, data associated with a subscription of a voice-over-internet protocol service directed to the voice-over-internet protocol device, based on a communication that is registered by the voice-over internet protocol device with an internet protocol multimedia system service device, forwarded from the voice-over internet protocol device to the access point device, and routed between the voice-over internet protocol device and a home public land mobile network device.

8. The mobile handset of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a voice communication associated with a call that is transferred between a network device of the global system for mobile communications network and the access point device of the 802.11 network.

9. The mobile handset of claim 7, wherein the sending of the data comprises initiating a location update procedure with a network device of the global system for mobile communications network.

10. The mobile handset of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving signal strength information from the access point device of the 802.11 network; and

in response to determining that the signal strength information satisfies a predefined condition with respect to a predetermined level of the signal strength information, initiating a registration with a network device of the global system for mobile communications network.

11. The mobile handset of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

initiating a global system for mobile communications location update procedure in response to the determining.

12. The mobile handset of claim 10, wherein the registration is associated with a transfer of internet protocol-based information.

13. The mobile handset of claim 10, wherein the registration is associated with a short message service message.

14. A method, comprising:

determining, by a voice-over-internet protocol system including a processor using a global system for mobile communications wireless interface, that a location of a mobile handset corresponds to an 802.11 network, wherein the voice-over-internet protocol system is coupled to a device of a global system for mobile communications network;

receiving, by the voice-over-internet protocol system via a plain old telephone system connection, a session initiation protocol message from an access point device of the 802.11 network for initiating power up of an 802.11 transceiver of the mobile handset;

in response to the receiving of the session initiation protocol message, sending, by the voice-over-internet protocol system, a first communication directed to the access point device for the initiating of the power up of the 802.11 transceiver of the mobile handset; and

in response to the initiating of the power of the 802.11 transceiver of the mobile handset,

receiving, by the voice-over-internet protocol system via an 802.11 based wireless communication, information associated with a subscription of a voice-over-internet protocol service from the mobile handset, routing, by the voice-over-internet protocol system, a second communication directed to a home public land mobile network device,

registering, by the voice-over-internet protocol system, the second communication with an internet protocol multimedia system service device, and

forwarding, by the voice-over-internet protocol system, the second communication to the access point device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

initiating, by the voice-over-internet protocol system, an activation of the 802.11 transceiver via a broadband connection.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

registering, by the voice-over-internet protocol system, the second communication with the device of the global system for mobile communications network.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

redirecting, by the voice-over-internet protocol system, a second communication from the access point device to the device of the global system for mobile communications network in response determining that the location of the mobile handset does not correspond to the 802.11 network.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

transferring, by the voice-over-internet protocol system, a second communication from the device of the global system for mobile communications network to the access point device in response to determining that the location of the mobile handset corresponds to the 802.11 network.