Establishing telephone calls
AssigneeWonefone LLP
InventorGeoffrey Corfield
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Abstract
A method for establishing a telephone call between an originating device and a destination device. A call server receives an originating call made by an originating device to a dedicated number for a destination party. In response to receiving the originating call: (i) the originating call is parked; and (ii) a message is sent to the destination device of the destination party. The message informs the destination device of the originating call to the dedicated number so that the destination device is able to call the call server to be connected to the parked originating call.
Claims21
A method for establishing a telephone call between an originating device and a destination device, the method comprising:
- receiving at a call server an originating call made by an originating device to a dedicated number for a destination party;
- in response to receiving the originating call:
- (i) parking the originating call;
- and
- (ii) sending an invitation message to the destination device of the destination party via any of HTTP, email, SMS or MMS to inform the destination device of the originating call to the dedicated number and to invite the destination device to call the call server to allow the call server to connect the destination device call to the parked originating call;
- receiving at the call server a destination party call from the destination device;
- and
- connecting the destination party call to the parked originating call to establish the telephone call between the originating device and the destination device.
A method for a destination device of a destination party to establish a telephone call with an originating device, wherein an originating call from the originating device to a dedicated number for the destination party has been parked at a call server and wherein an invitation message has been sent from the call server to the destination device via any of HTTP, email, SMS or MMS to inform the destination device of the originating call to the dedicated number and to invite the destination device to call the call server to be connected to the parked originating call, the method comprising:
- in response to receiving an invitation message:
- initiating an inbound call experience on the destination device, wherein acceptance of the call causes the destination device to call the call server to be connected to the parked originating call.
A method for establishing a telephone call between an originating device and a destination device, the method comprising:
- receiving at a call server an originating call made by an originating device to a dedicated number for a destination party, the dedicated number being hosted or configured at the call server;
- in response to receiving the originating call:
- (i) parking the originating call;
- and
- (ii) sending an invitation message to the destination device of the destination party via the internet to inform the destination device of the originating call to the dedicated number and to invite the destination device to make a separate, new destination party call to the call server to allow the call server to connect the separate, new destination party call to the parked originating call;
- receiving at the call server the separate, new destination party call from the destination device;
- and
- connecting the destination party call to the parked originating call to establish the telephone call between the originating device and the destination device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.