Telecommunication system for automatically locating by network connection and selectively delivering calls to mobile client devices

• US 9,730,270 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2014
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Incorporated (Genesys Cloud Services Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Incorporated (Genesys Cloud Services Incorporated)
• Inventors: Yegoshin, Leonid A.
• Primary Examiner(s): HTUN, SAN A
• Application Number:
  US14/279,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20140247823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,181 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5692 Selection among different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/10 of different types
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5084 Providing for device mobility network addressing or numbering for mobility support in wireless networks H04W8/26; mobile IP H04W80/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1036 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• 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 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42246 where the subscriber uses a multi-mode terminal which moves and accesses different networks with at least one network having a wireline access including cordless PBX
• 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 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• 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 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• 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 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.

Claims

1. A dual-mode communication device, comprising:

microphone and speaker apparatus including converters for rendering audio data as audible speech, and for rendering audible speech as audio data;

a first communication interface comprising circuitry for receiving and sending the audio data on a cell-phone network, where the dual-mode communication device has a first destination number registered with the cell-phone network for routing calls to the device via the cell-phone network;

a second communication interface comprising circuitry for connecting to a local area network (LAN), and for receiving and sending the audio data on the LAN;

a mode controller accessible to a user of the communication device for selecting between a cellular mode and an IP communication mode;

memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the dual-mode communication device to;

register a second destination number with the dual-mode communication device'"'"'s cell-phone network when the second communication interface is connected to the LAN;

enable audio data for calls to be sent and received via the LAN using the second destination number for routing;

respond to selection of the cellular mode by sending and receiving communications via the first communication interface utilizing the first destination number;

respond to selection of the IP communication mode by sending and receiving communications via the second communication interface utilizing the second destination number;

detect an inbound call;

detect that the inbound call is exempt from the IP communication mode; and

in response to detecting that the inbound call is exempt from the IP communication mode, and while the IP communication mode is enabled, handle the inbound call via the first communication interface instead of the second communication interface, for communicating over the cell-phone network instead of the local area network.

2. The dual-mode communication device of claim 1 wherein the device is implemented in the form of a cell phone.

3. The dual-mode communication device of claim 1 wherein the circuitry for connecting comprises a connector for engaging a hard-wired LAN.

4. The dual-mode communication device of claim 1 wherein the circuitry for connecting comprises apparatus for communicating with a wireless IP-LAN.

5. The dual-mode communication device of claim 1, wherein the memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the dual-mode communication device to negotiate a temporary IP address with the LAN upon connecting to the LAN, where the temporary IP address is utilized as the second destination number.

6. The dual-mode communication device of claim 1, wherein a dedicated IP address assigned to the dual-mode communication device is utilized as the second destination number.

7. The dual-mode communication device of claim 1, wherein the mode control comprises at least one button on the dual-mode communication device.

8. The dual-mode communication method of claim 1, wherein selecting between cellular mode and IP communication mode further comprises selecting between cellular mode and IP communication mode utilizing at least one button on the device.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein in response to a first actuation of the mode controller, a current call switches from communicating over the cell-phone network to the local area network, and in response to a second actuation of the mode controller, the current call switches from communicating over the local area network to the call-phone network.

10. A method for dual-mode communication on a device, the method comprising:

providing microphone and speaker apparatus including converters for rendering audio data as audible speech, and for rendering audible speech as audio data;

providing a first communication interface comprising circuitry for receiving and sending the audio data on a cell-phone network;

registering a first destination number for the device with the cell-phone network for routing calls to the device via the cell-phone network;

providing a second communication interface comprising circuitry for connecting to a local area network (LAN), and for receiving and sending the audio data on the LAN;

registering a second destination number with the dual-mode communication device'"'"'s cell-phone network for routing calls to the device via the LAN when the second communication interface is connected to the LAN;

responding to selection of a cellular mode by sending and receiving communications via the first communication interface utilizing the first destination number;

responding to selection of an IP communication mode by sending and receiving communications via the second communication interface utilizing the second destination number;

detecting an inbound call;

detecting that the inbound call is exempt from the IP communication mode; and

in response to detecting that the inbound call is exempt from the IP communication mode, and while the IP communication mode is enabled, handling the inbound call via the first communication interface instead of the second communication interface, for communicating over the cell-phone network instead of the local area network.

11. The dual-mode communication method of claim 10 wherein the device is implemented in the form of a cell phone.

12. The dual-mode communication method of claim 10 wherein the circuitry for connecting comprises a connector for engaging a hard-wired LAN.

13. The dual-mode communication method of claim 10 wherein the circuitry for connecting comprises apparatus for communicating with a wireless IP-LAN.

14. The dual-mode communication method of claim 10, wherein the memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the dual-mode communication device to negotiate a temporary IP address with the LAN upon connecting to the LAN, where the temporary IP address is utilized as the second destination number.

15. The dual-mode communication method of claim 10, wherein a dedicated IP address assigned to the dual-mode communication device is utilized as the second destination number.