Systems and methods for facilitating communications destined for a non-terrestrial network

• US 9,960,835 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2016
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gogo Business Aviation LLC (GOGO Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Gogo LLC (GOGO Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lauer, Bryan Adrian, Wang, Kathy, LaMarca, Tony, Kanabar, Paresh, Bangole, Premkumar, Walsh, Pat
• Primary Examiner(s): Mohebbi, Kouroush
• Application Number:
  US15/079,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20160204850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18506 Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Embodiments are provided for processing voice communication requests intended for a destination electronic device connected to an on-board communications network. According to certain aspects, a server may receive a request for a routing number and provide the routing number to a service provider network. The server may also identify an identification of a destination electronic device included in a voice communication request, modify the voice communication request to indicate the identification of the destination electronic device, and transmit, to an on-board communications network for delivery to the destination electronic device, a communication according to the voice communication request that was modified.

Claims

1. A method of processing, by a registration server, voice communication requests intended for a destination electronic device connected to an on-board communications network of a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a voice communication request that is (1) initiated by an electronic device connected to a terrestrial network and (2) intended for the destination electronic device, the voice communication request including a subscription identification associated with the destination electronic device;

determining, based on the subscription identification of the destination electronic device, that there is an active product or service selected by the destination electronic device and associated with communication capability of the destination electronic device on the vehicle;

in response to the determining, identifying, by a processor and from the subscription identification, an identification of the destination electronic device;

modifying, by the processor, the voice communication request to indicate the identification of the destination electronic device; and

transmitting, to the on-board communications network for delivery to the destination electronic device, a communication according to the voice communication request that was modified.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the voice communication request comprises:

receiving a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite request from an SIP trunk provider via a mobile switching center (MSC), wherein the SIP invite request comprises the routing number.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting, to the destination electronic device, the communication according to the voice communication request that was modified comprises:

forwarding the session initiation protocol (SIP) invite request to the on-board communications network for delivery to the destination electronic device; and

receiving an SIP okay response from the on-board communications network, the SIP okay response indicating that a user of the destination electronic device has accepted the SIP invite request.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

after receiving the SIP okay response from the on-board communications network, forwarding the SIP okay response to the SIP trunk provider.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

after forwarding the session initiation protocol (SIP) invite request, sending an SIP trying message to the SIP trunk provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification of the destination electronic device is an international mobile subscriber identify (IMSI), and wherein modifying the voice communication request to indicate the identification of the destination electronic device comprises:

replacing, in a destination field of the voice communication request, the routing number with the IMSI.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing a TLS connection with the on-board communications network.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein transmitting, to the on-board communications network for delivery to the destination electronic device, the communication according to the voice communication request that was modified comprises:

transmitting, to the on-board communications network via the TLS connection for delivery to the destination electronic device, the communication according to the voice communication request that was modified.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the voice communication request comprises:

receiving a request to initiate a voice over IP (VoIP) call.

10. A system for processing voice communication requests intended for a destination electronic device connected to an on-board communications network of a vehicle, comprising:

a communication module configured to send and receive data; and

a data center comprising a memory and a processor, and communicatively connected to the communication module, wherein the data center is configured to;

receive, via the communication module, a voice communication request that is (1) initiated by an electronic device connected to a terrestrial network and (2) intended for the destination electronic device, the voice communication request comprising a subscription identification associated with the destination electronic device,

determine, based on the subscription identification of the destination electronic device, that there is an active product or service selected by the destination electronic device and associated with communication capability of the destination electronic device on the vehicle,

in response to the determining, identify, from the subscription identification, an identification of the destination electronic device,

modify the voice communication request to indicate the identification of the destination electronic device, and

transmit, to the on-board communications network via the communication module for delivery to the destination electronic device, a communication according to the voice communication request that was modified.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein to receive the voice communication request, the data center is configured to:

receive a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite request from an SIP trunk provider via a mobile switching center (MSC), wherein the SIP invite request comprises the routing number.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein to transmit, to the destination electronic device, the communication according to the voice communication request that was modified, the data center is configured to:

forward the session initiation protocol (SIP) invite request to the on-board communications network for delivery to the destination electronic device, and

receive an SIP okay response from the on-board communications network, the SIP okay response indicating that a user of the destination electronic device has accepted the SIP invite request.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the data center is further configured to:

after receiving the SIP okay response from the on-board communications network, forward the SIP okay response to the SIP trunk provider.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the data center is further configured to:

after forwarding the session initiation protocol (SIP) invite request, send an SIP trying message to the SIP trunk provider.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the identification of the destination electronic device is an international mobile subscriber identify (IMSI), and wherein to modify the voice communication request to indicate the identification of the destination electronic device, the data center is configured to:

replace, in a destination field of the voice communication request, the routing number with the IMSI.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the data center is further configured to:

establish, via the communication module, a TLS connection with the on-board communications network.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein to transmit, to the on-board communications network for delivery to the destination electronic device, the communication according to the voice communication request that was modified, the data center is configured to:

transmit, to the on-board communications network via the TLS connection for delivery to the destination electronic device, the communication according to the voice communication request that was modified.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein to receive the voice communication request, the data center is configured to:

receive a request to initiate a voice over IP (VoIP) call.

19. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, from a service provider network associated with the destination electronic device, a request for a routing number; and

providing the routing number to the service provider network.

20. The system of claim 10, wherein the data center is further configured to:

receive, via the communication module from a service provider network associated with the destination electronic device, a request for a routing number, and provide the routing number to the service provider network.