System and method for wide area network and telco infrastructure integration
First Claim
1. In a telecommunication system coupled to communicate between a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wide area data network, and a wireless communication network, a method for controlling the acceptance or rejection of a telephone call over a wide area data network link, the method comprising:
- providing a remote data terminal device coupled to the wide area data network;
providing a communication platform configured as a switch, the platform coupled to communicate over the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the wide area data network, and the wireless communication network;
establishing a communication link between the remote data terminal device and the communication platform using a wide area data network link;
receiving a telephone communication attempt, directed at a subscriber, over the PSTN by the communication platform;
generating an alert notification to the subscriber of the telephone communication attempt; and
forwarding the alert notification to the subscriber over the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the wide area data network, and the wireless communication network simultaneously.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for integrating multi-mode communication modalities are implemented in a communication platform nexus which is coupled to the public switch telephone network, a wide area data network and a wireless communication network. The communication platform receives communication attempts directed at a subscriber, from communication devices without regard to their underlying network transport medium. The platform receives and processes communication attempts and forwards attempted communications to the subscriber over all of the communication media available to the platform, simultaneously. Caller-id information is directed to a subscriber along with an interactivity option selection list, over a wide area data network link. A subscriber enters interaction options selections as call control signals and forwards the signals to the platform over the wide area data network link. The communication platform manages incoming communications, in accordance with the call control signals, so as to notify the subscriber of a communication attempt regardless of the subscriber'"'"'s location and the form of communication device with which they are presently equipped.
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12 Claims
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1. In a telecommunication system coupled to communicate between a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wide area data network, and a wireless communication network, a method for controlling the acceptance or rejection of a telephone call over a wide area data network link, the method comprising:
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providing a remote data terminal device coupled to the wide area data network;
providing a communication platform configured as a switch, the platform coupled to communicate over the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the wide area data network, and the wireless communication network;
establishing a communication link between the remote data terminal device and the communication platform using a wide area data network link;
receiving a telephone communication attempt, directed at a subscriber, over the PSTN by the communication platform;
generating an alert notification to the subscriber of the telephone communication attempt; and
forwarding the alert notification to the subscriber over the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the wide area data network, and the wireless communication network simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a telecommunication system coupled to communicate between a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wide area data network, and a wireless communication network, a method for controlling the acceptance or rejection of a telephone call over a wide area data network link, the method comprising:
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providing a remote data terminal device coupled to the wide area data network;
providing a communication platform configured as a switch, the platform coupled to communicate over the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the wide area data network, and the wireless communication network;
establishing a communication link between the remote data terminal device and the communication platform using a wide area data network link;
receiving a telephone communication attempt, directed at a subscriber, over the PSTN by the communication platform;
consulting a subscriber database of feature flags;
determining whether a security flag is enabled;
generating an IVRS request for a calling party to enter a security code;
performing a match between the entered security code and a code sequence associated to the subscriber; and
forwarding the telephone communication attempt to the subscriber if a match is found between the entered security code and the code sequence associated to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)
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10. In a telecommunication system coupled to communicate between a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wide area data network, and a wireless communication network, a method for controlling the acceptance or rejection of a telephone call over a wide area data network link, the method comprising:
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providing a remote data terminal device coupled to the wide area data network;
providing a communication platform configured as a switch, the platform coupled to communicate over the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the wide area data network, and the wireless communication network;
establishing a communication link between the remote data terminal device and the communication platform using a wide area data network link;
providing a database associated to the data network portion of the communication platform;
storing a personalized profile record uniquely associated with each subscriber in the database; and
wherein the personalized profile record comprises a plurality of communication device identification indicia, the communication devices simultaneously accessible through the platform regardless of the underlying network transport medium.
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