Communications terminal, a system and a method for internet/network telephony

• US 9,553,955 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Buffalo Patents, LLC
• Original Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hein-Magnussen, Jon, Kuhlmann, Peer, Stenfeldt Hansen, Lars
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Tri H
• Application Number:
  US14/634,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20150237172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370310-350, 370/389, 370400-401, 370465-467, 455/13.4, 455/41.2, 455/416, 4554221-4262, 455445-455, 455/464, 455/522
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/085 specially adapted for interworking of IP-based networks with other networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• 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 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• 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

A communication terminal for Internet telephony is provided that handles and control communication of data in accordance with a standardized network protocol and exchanges data with a connecting unit connected to the Internet where the resulting data exchanged between the terminal and a connecting unit consist of packets in a standardized protocol data packet format embedded in a wireless format. This provides a communications terminal which uses a network or the Internet for the transfer of digitized speech, etc., thereby achieving great economic savings. Also, the flexibility is increased with respect to wireless communication with the network or the Internet without any need for specialized equipment and functionality.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, via a near field network by a device comprising at least one processor, wireless data formatted according to a first network protocol of the near field network, wherein the wireless data comprises an embedded data packet formatted according to a second network protocol of another network;

extracting the embedded data packet from the wireless data to yield an extracted data packet formatted according to the second network protocol; and

sending the extracted data packet directed to a destination device via the other network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said sending the extracted data packet comprises sending at least one of sound information or image information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless data is first wireless data, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, via the other network, a data packet formatted according to the second network protocol;

embedding the data packet in second wireless data formatted according to the first network protocol; and

sending the second wireless data directed to another destination device via the near field network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said sending comprises:

accessing a server device via the other network to determine whether the destination device is available; and

sending the extracted data packet in response to determining, based on the accessing, that the destination device is available.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving comprises receiving the wireless data from at least one of a headset device, a telephone device, or an ear telephone device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving comprises receiving the wireless data formatted according to at least one of a radio-frequency communication protocol or an infrared communication protocol.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said sending comprises sending the extracted data packet according to at least one of a transmission control protocol, an Internet protocol, or a point-to-point protocol.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said sending comprises identifying the destination device based, at least in part, on contact information represented in the wireless data.

9. A system, comprising:

a memory configured to stores instructions; and

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, configured to facilitate execution of the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving wireless data via a near field network device of a near field network, wherein the wireless data accords to a first network protocol of the near field network, and wherein the wireless data comprises an embedded data packet that accords a second network protocol of another network;

extracting the embedded data packet from the wireless data resulting in an extracted data packet that accords to the second network protocol; and

sending the extracted data packet directed to a destination device via another network device of the other network.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the embedded data packet comprises at least one of sound information or image information.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a data packet from the other network device, wherein the data packet accords to the second network protocol;

inserting the data packet in other wireless data that accords to the first network protocol; and

sending the other wireless data directed to another destination device via the near field network device.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein said sending comprises:

querying a server device via the other network device;

determining that the destination device is available based on the querying; and

sending the extracted data packet directed to the destination device in response to the determining.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein said receiving comprises receiving the wireless data from at least one of a headset device, a telephone device, or an ear telephone device.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the first network protocol comprises at least one of a radio-frequency communication protocol or an infrared communication protocol.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the second network protocol comprises at least one of a transmission control protocol, an Internet protocol, or a point-to-point protocol.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise determining the destination device based, at least in part, on contact information specified by the wireless data.

17. A computer-readable storage device having stored thereon executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, via a near field network, wireless data that conforms to a first network protocol of the near field network, wherein the wireless data comprises an embedded data packet that conforms to a second network protocol of another network;

extracting the embedded data packet from the wireless data to create an extracted data packet that conforms to the second network protocol; and

sending the extracted data packet directed to a destination device via the other network.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the embedded data packet comprises at least one of sound data or image data.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein said sending comprises:

sending a request for an availability status of the destination device directed to a server device via the other network; and

sending the extracted data packet in response to receipt of an indication from the server device that the destination device is available.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the first network protocol is at least one of a radio-frequency communication protocol or an infrared communication protocol.