EXTENDED CALL HANDLING FUNCTIONALITY USING MULTI-NETWORK SIMULCASTING

• US 20110261761A1
• Filed: 07/05/2011
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Seshadri, Nambirajan, Bennett, James D., Karaoguz, Jeyhan
• Granted Patent: US 8,179,911 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A method and apparatus supporting the handling of calls using simulcasting of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway are disclosed. A broadband access gateway supporting both a personal area network and a broadband network may receive multimedia information simultaneously exchanged by an associated access device via a wide area network. The broadband access gateway may store the received multimedia information locally, within the broadband access gateway, or may communicate the multimedia information to storage accessible from the broadband access gateway. The broadband access gateway may cause a user of the access device to be notified of the availability of multimedia information for a recorded call, and may communicate the multimedia information to the access device for playback. A user may be notified if storage and bandwidth for the recording of a call is not available.

Claims

1-33. -33. (canceled)

34. A system for handling calls using simulcasting of multimedia information via a gateway device communicatively coupled to a wide area network, the system comprising:

at least one processor for use in an access device, the at least one processor arranged to communicate to the wide area network using at least one wireless interface of the access device, the at least one processor operable to, at least;

associate the access device with the gateway device;

communicate multimedia and call information with the wideband network using the at least one wireless interface;

send, to the gateway device via the wide area network, a request to record the call information communicated during a call over the wide area network;

receive, from the gateway device via the broadband network, acceptance of the request to record the call information, if resources needed for recording the call information communicated during the call are available; and

receive, from the gateway device via the broadband network, rejection of the request to record the call information, if resources needed for recording the call information communicated during the call are not available.

35. The system according to claim 34, wherein the at least one processor is operable to, at least:

send, to the gateway device, a request for stored call information; and

receive, from the gateway device, stored call information for playback.

36. The system according to claim 34, wherein the at least one processor is operable to, at least:

send, to the gateway device via the broadband network, a request to halt recording of the communicated call information.

37. The system according to claim 34, wherein the at least one processor is operable to, at least:

receive notification of available stored call information.

38. The system according to claim 34, wherein the at least one processor is operable to, at least:

send, to the gateway device via the broadband network, an additional request to record multimedia information communicated during the call, wherein the multimedia information comprises one or more of;

streaming video, broadcast video, digitized voice, digital data, text, digitized audio, digitized still images, digitized video, and/or digitized music.

39. The system according to claim 34, wherein the broadband network comprises one or more of:

a cable network, a digital subscriber loop network, a T1 network, a T3 network, a local multipoint distribution system (LMDS), a WiMAX network, and/or an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16 network.

40. The system according to claim 34, wherein the at least one wireless interface comprises one or more of:

a Bluetooth network interface, an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 network interface, an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.3a network, and/or a cellular network interface.

41. The system according to claim 34, wherein the wide area network comprises one or more of:

a cellular digital packet data (CDPD) network, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) network, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, a short message service (SMS) network, a GSM enhanced data rates for global evolution (EDGE) network, a time division multiple access (TDMA) network, an integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN), a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and/or a CDMA2000 1xRTT network.

42. The system according to claim 34, wherein the call information is stored within the gateway device.

43. The system according to claim 34, wherein the resource for recording the call information comprises one or both of:

storage and/or bandwidth.

44. The system according to claim 34, wherein the at least one processor is arranged to communicate with the gateway device using the at least one wireless interface.