Subscriber identity module (SIM) enabling advanced voice services (AVS) including push-to-talk, push-to-conference and push-to-message on wireless handsets and networks
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing advanced voice services (AVS) that comprise Push-To-Talk (P2T) in a wireless network, comprising:
- a handset for communicating with the wireless network in order to provide the advanced voice services,wherein the wireless network is used for making calls to and from the handset, and the calls are initiated by call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless network and voice frames for the calls are switched to and from the handset across bearer paths in the wireless network,wherein a real-time exchange interfaces to at least one mobile switching center in the wireless network to provide advanced voice services therein,wherein the real-time exchange and the handset that provides the advanced voice services communicate with each other using the call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless network, such that at least one mobile switching center routes an originating leg of the advanced voice services to the real-time exchange, the real-time exchange initiates one or more terminating legs of the advanced voice services through at least one mobile switching center, and the real-time exchange switches the voice frames for the advanced voice services for the originating and terminating legs across the bearer paths and through at least one mobile switching center in the wireless network, andwherein the handset includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) that stores software for performing the advanced voice services and data for providing the advanced voice services on the handset, the handset accesses the software from the SIM, and the software includes menu displays for the advanced voice services, as well as user interaction with the menu displays.
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Abstract
A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) that stores the logic and data for providing advanced voice services (AVS) including Push-to-Talk (P2T), Push-to-Conference (P2C), Upgrade to Conference (upgrade from P2T to P2C), Push-to-Message (P2M) and group SMS (Short Message Service), on wireless handsets and networks. When inserted into a handset, the AVS functionality is available for use on the handset, wherein the functionality includes menu displays for the handset, as well as user interaction with the menu displays. The SIM also stores logic and data for providing presence and availability functions on the handset. In addition, the SIM stores the logic and data for providing contact and group management on the handset.
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1. An apparatus for providing advanced voice services (AVS) that comprise Push-To-Talk (P2T) in a wireless network, comprising:
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a handset for communicating with the wireless network in order to provide the advanced voice services, wherein the wireless network is used for making calls to and from the handset, and the calls are initiated by call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless network and voice frames for the calls are switched to and from the handset across bearer paths in the wireless network, wherein a real-time exchange interfaces to at least one mobile switching center in the wireless network to provide advanced voice services therein, wherein the real-time exchange and the handset that provides the advanced voice services communicate with each other using the call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless network, such that at least one mobile switching center routes an originating leg of the advanced voice services to the real-time exchange, the real-time exchange initiates one or more terminating legs of the advanced voice services through at least one mobile switching center, and the real-time exchange switches the voice frames for the advanced voice services for the originating and terminating legs across the bearer paths and through at least one mobile switching center in the wireless network, and wherein the handset includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) that stores software for performing the advanced voice services and data for providing the advanced voice services on the handset, the handset accesses the software from the SIM, and the software includes menu displays for the advanced voice services, as well as user interaction with the menu displays. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing advanced voice services that comprise Push-To-Talk (P2T) in a wireless network, comprising:
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communicating with the wireless network using a handset in order to provide the advanced voice services, wherein the wireless network is used for making calls to and from the handset, and the calls are initiated by call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless network and voice frames for the calls are switched to and from the handset across bearer paths in the wireless network, wherein a real-time exchange interfaces to at least one mobile switching center in the wireless network to provide advanced voice services therein, wherein the real-time exchange and the handset that provides the advanced voice services communicate with each other using the call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless network, such that at least one mobile switching center routes an originating leg of the advanced voice services to the real-time exchange, the real-time exchange initiates one or more terminating legs of the advanced voice services through at least one mobile switching center, and the real-time exchange switches the voice frames for the advanced voice services for the originating and terminating legs across the bearer paths and through at least one mobile switching center in the wireless network, and wherein the handset includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) that stores software for performing the advanced voice services and data for providing the advanced voice services on the handset, the handset accesses the software from the SIM, and the software includes menu displays for the advanced voice services, as well as user interaction with the menu displays. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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