Methods and systems for call processing in a wireline and wireless network

• US 9,215,318 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2015
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CallWave Communications, LLC
• Original Assignee: CallWave Communications, LLC
• Inventors: Kirchhoff, Leland W., Trandal, David S.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, NAM TRUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/592,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20150189077A1
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/651 with speech synthesis
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42263 where the same subscriber uses different terminals, i.e. nomadism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4228 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0093 signalling arrangements in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1235 where one of the core networks is a wireless network
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

Methods and systems are described for routing call in a wireless network environment. In one embodiment, a phone address is assigned to a subscriber and/or a subscriber'"'"'s mobile telecommunications device. A call directed to the phone address is routed to a call processing system. An outbound call from the call processing system is placed to a wireless communication service provider so as to cause, at least in part, the wireless communication service provider to route the outbound call to the subscriber'"'"'s mobile telecommunications device, wherein the call processing system configures call signaling parameters associated with the outbound call so that the outbound call appears to be to a phone number ported to the wireless communication service provider, and wherein the phone number has not been ported to the wireless communication service provider. The outbound call is bridged with the inbound call.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a data network interface;

a telecommunications interface;

a call processing system, including at least one processing device, coupled to the data network interface and the telecommunications interface, the call processing system configured to perform operations, comprising;

receiving, using the data network interface, a communication from a computing device of a user;

determining, from the communication received using the data network interface, that the computing device of the user is online;

receiving a first call over the telecommunications interface from a first calling party, the first call directed to a first phone address associated with the user, wherein the first call is associated with a calling party phone address;

at least partly in response to the first call and the determination that the computing device of the user is online, automatically causing a notification of the incoming first call to be presented in a web page on the computing device of the user, wherein the incoming first call notification includes the calling party phone address and wherein the incoming first call notification is presented during the received call; and

subsequent to the received first call and at least in part in response to a web page interface control selection on the computing device of the user, causing a call from the computing device of the user to be presented to the first calling party with the first phone address.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the computing device of the user is a mobile user computing device.

3. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the incoming first call notification includes a caller name.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

enabling the user, via the web page on the computing device of the user, to create a contact associated with the first call.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

enabling the user, via the web page on the computing device of the user, to take the first call.

6. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

enabling the user, via the web page on the computing device of the user, to direct the first call to a telephonic device associated with the user.

7. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

enabling the user, via the web page on the computing device of the user, to compose a text message.

8. A system, comprising:

a data network interface;

a telecommunications interface;

a call processing system, including at least one processing device, coupled to the data network interface and the telecommunications interface, the call processing system configured to perform operations, comprising;

receiving, using the data network interface, a communication from a computing device of a user;

determining, from the communication received using the data network interface, that the computing device of the user is online;

receiving a first call over the telecommunications interface, from a first calling party, the first call directed to a first phone address associated with the user, wherein the first call is associated with a calling party phone address;

at least partly in response to the first call and the determination that the computing device of the user is online, automatically causing a notification of the incoming first call to be presented in a browser on the computing device of the user, wherein the incoming first call notification includes the calling party phone address and wherein the incoming first call notification is presented during the received call; and

placing an outbound call via a wireless network of a wireless communications service provider the user is subscribed to, wherein call signaling parameters of the outbound call are configured to preserve the calling party phone address.

9. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein the first phone address is not a phone number of the wireless communications service provider.

10. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein the first phone address has not been ported to the wireless communications service provider.

11. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein placing the outbound call to the wireless network comprises placing the outbound call to a mobile switching center associated with the wireless communications service provider via an SS7 ISUP (Signaling System 7 Integrated Services Digital Network User Part) Initial Address Message.

12. The system as defined in claim 8, the operations further comprising:

enabling the user, via the browser on the computing device of the user, to create a contact associated with the first call.

13. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein the computing device of the user is a mobile user computing device.

14. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein the incoming first call notification includes a caller name.

15. The system as defined in claim 8, the operations further comprising:

enabling the user, via the browser on the computing device of the user, to take the first call.

16. The system as defined in claim 8, the operations further comprising:

enabling the user, via the browser on the computing device of the user, to direct the first call to a telephonic device associated with the user.

17. A system, comprising:

a data network interface;

a telecommunications interface;

a call processing system, including at least one processing device, coupled to the data network interface and the telecommunications interface, the call processing system configured to perform operations, comprising;

receiving a first call over the telecommunications interface from a first calling party, the first call directed to a first phone address associated with the user, wherein the first call is associated with a calling party phone address;

at least partly in response to the first call, automatically causing a notification of the incoming first call to be presented in a web page on the computing device of the user, wherein the incoming first call notification includes the calling party phone address and wherein the incoming first call notification is presented during the received call; and

subsequent to the received first call and at least in part in response to a web page interface control selection on the computing device of the user, causing a call from the computing device of the user to be presented to the first calling party with the first phone address.

18. The method as defined in claim 17, wherein the computing device of the user is a mobile user computing device.

19. The system as defined in claim 17, wherein the incoming first call notification includes a caller name.

20. The system as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising:

enabling the user, via the web page on the computing device of the user, to create a contact associated with the first call.