TELEPHONE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOS
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1. A method of providing telephone service, comprising:
- automatically storing electronic information that indicates an association of a secondary telephone number and a primary telephone number with a mobile device in a computer memory associated with a server;
automatically transmitting information that indicates an access telephone number to the mobile device via a data channel;
receiving, at a switch associated with the server, an outgoing call from the mobile device to the access telephone number via a second channel;
receiving, at the server, information from the switch indicating the outgoing call is being made to the access telephone number from the primary telephone number; and
receiving, at the switch, information from the server directing the switch to;
(a) connect the outgoing call to a contact telephone number indicated by the mobile device, and(b) identify a telephone number from which the outgoing call is being made as the secondary telephone number.
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Abstract
Systems for and methods of delivering telephone calls using the combination of a data channel and a voice channel are disclosed. A data channel connection with the telephone handset may provide pre-call information used to set up incoming and outgoing calls which are ultimately connected using a voice channel. Use of the pre-call information may permit the same handset to be associated with multiple secondary telephone numbers from which calls appear to have been made and to which calls appear to have been placed.
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1. A method of providing telephone service, comprising:
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automatically storing electronic information that indicates an association of a secondary telephone number and a primary telephone number with a mobile device in a computer memory associated with a server; automatically transmitting information that indicates an access telephone number to the mobile device via a data channel; receiving, at a switch associated with the server, an outgoing call from the mobile device to the access telephone number via a second channel; receiving, at the server, information from the switch indicating the outgoing call is being made to the access telephone number from the primary telephone number; and receiving, at the switch, information from the server directing the switch to; (a) connect the outgoing call to a contact telephone number indicated by the mobile device, and (b) identify a telephone number from which the outgoing call is being made as the secondary telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory; and a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to automatically store electronic information that indicates an association of a secondary telephone number and a primary telephone number with a mobile device in a computer memory associated with a server, the processor configured to automatically transmit information that indicates an access telephone number to the mobile device via a data channel, the processor configured to receive, at the server, information from a switch associated with the server and in response to the switch receiving an outgoing call from the mobile device to the access telephone number via a second channel, the information indicating the outgoing call is being made to the access telephone number from the primary telephone number, the processor configured to send, to the switch, information from the server directing the switch to; (a) connect the outgoing call to a contact telephone number indicated by the mobile device, and (b) identify a telephone number from which the outgoing call is being made as the secondary telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
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automatically store electronic information that indicates an association of a secondary telephone number and a primary telephone number with a mobile device in a computer memory associated with a server; automatically transmit information that indicates an access telephone number to the mobile device via a data channel; receive, at the server, information from a switch associated with the server and in response to the switch receiving an outgoing call from the mobile device to the access telephone number via a second channel, the information indicating the outgoing call is being made to the access telephone number from the primary telephone number; and send, to the switch, information from the server directing the switch to; (a) connect the outgoing call to a contact telephone number indicated by the mobile device, and (b) identify a telephone number from which the outgoing call is being made as the secondary telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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