Telecommunication system for automatically locating by network connection and selectively delivering calls to mobile client devices
First Claim
1. A telephony server comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;
detect, via an interface, connection by a mobile cellular-enabled device to a local area network (LAN), the mobile cellular-enabled device having an assigned cellular telephone number;
identify, via the interface, an address on the LAN assigned to the mobile cellular-enabled device;
detect, via the interface, a voice call directed to the mobile cellular-enabled device; and
cause routing of the voice call to the address assigned to the cellular-enabled device over the LAN in response to the cellular-enabled device being in a particular state, wherein in response to the cellular-enabled device failing to be in the particular state, the instructions further cause the processor to cause routing of the voice call to the cellular telephone number assigned to the mobile cellular-enabled device over a telephone network.
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Abstract
A communication system for an organization having multiple sites uses a dual-mode device capable of both cell phone communication and telephone communication on a local area network (LAN). IP LANS are established at organization sites such that a temporary IP address is assigned to a dual-mode device that logs onto an organization LAN, and the IP address is associated at a PSTN-connected server on the LAN with the cell phone number of the communication device. The IP server notifies a PSTN-connected routing server when a device logs on to a LAN, and also provides a destination number for the IP server. Cell calls directed to the device are then redirected to the IP server and directed to the device connected to the LAN.
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14 Claims
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1. A telephony server comprising:
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a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; detect, via an interface, connection by a mobile cellular-enabled device to a local area network (LAN), the mobile cellular-enabled device having an assigned cellular telephone number; identify, via the interface, an address on the LAN assigned to the mobile cellular-enabled device; detect, via the interface, a voice call directed to the mobile cellular-enabled device; and cause routing of the voice call to the address assigned to the cellular-enabled device over the LAN in response to the cellular-enabled device being in a particular state, wherein in response to the cellular-enabled device failing to be in the particular state, the instructions further cause the processor to cause routing of the voice call to the cellular telephone number assigned to the mobile cellular-enabled device over a telephone network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for delivering calls to a mobile cellular-enabled device, the method comprising:
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detecting connection by the mobile cellular-enabled device to a local area network (LAN), the mobile cellular-enabled device having an assigned cellular telephone number; identifying an address on the LAN assigned to the mobile cellular-enabled device; detecting a voice call directed to the mobile cellular-enabled device; and causing routing of the voice call to the address assigned to the cellular-enabled device over the LAN in response to the cellular-enabled device being in a particular state, wherein in response to the cellular-enabled device failing to be in the particular state, routing the voice call to the cellular telephone number assigned to the mobile cellular-enabled device over a telephone network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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