Call flow system and method for use in a legacy telecommunication system
AssigneeTango Networks, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Silver, Lathan Lewis, Patricia Landgren
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Abstract
A method of operating a network server, such as a mobile application gateway, connect devices on a cellular or carrier network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network, such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- establishing a secure tunnel between an enterprise gateway server that is hosted by an enterprise network managed by an enterprise and a carrier gateway server that is hosted by a mobile network;
- transmit a routing instruction to the carrier gateway server from the enterprise gateway server via the secure tunnel, wherein the routing instruction limits a usage amount of a mobile device when the mobile device is identified as being away from the enterprise;
- receiving a cellular call for the mobile device;
- and
- instructing, via the carrier gateway server, the cellular network to route the cellular call to a destination when the mobile device has not exceeded the usage amount.
A system, comprising:
- a carrier gateway server configured to establish a secure tunnel between the carrier gateway server and an enterprise gateway server;
- and
- the enterprise gateway server configured to transmit a routing instruction to the carrier gateway server via the secure tunnel, wherein the routing instruction limits a usage amount of a mobile device when the mobile device is identified as being away from the enterprise;
- wherein the carrier gateway server is further configured to receive a cellular call for the mobile device and instruct the cellular network to route the cellular call to a destination when the mobile device has not exceeded the usage amount.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- establishing a secure tunnel between an enterprise gateway server that is hosted by an enterprise network managed by an enterprise and a carrier gateway server that is hosted by a mobile network;
- transmitting a routing instruction to the carrier gateway server from the enterprise gateway server via the secure tunnel, wherein the routing instruction limits a usage amount of a mobile device when the mobile device is identified as being away from the enterprise;
- receiving a cellular call for the mobile device;
- and
- instructed, via the carrier gateway server, the cellular network to route a the cellular call to a destination when the mobile device has not exceeded the usage amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.