US 12,744,723 B2Granted

Telephony delay tolerant network system

OwnerAlberto A. Montillainventor

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Abstract

Communication through telephone networks (including Public Switched Telephone Networks, Public Land Mobile Networks and Private Branch Exchanges) use a hardware device and/or a software client. Systems and methods of the subject technology include a Telephone DTN connector, which is an apparatus that is connected to the Telephone Networks and to Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networks (DTN) that includes methods to locate, process, forward and receive requests and media from users in the telephone networks through the DTN Network. Some embodiments connect users (or software applications) located in outer space (for example Earth Low Earth Orbit, Moon, Mars) with a telephony network. A Telephone DTN instance, located at the remote outer space destination, includes methods to locate, process, forward and receive the requests and media to the users' (or software applications') telephone devices and clients (including the Telephone DTN Web Client) in outer space.

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Dependent claims

A computer program product for connecting telephony calls to a Delay and/or Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN), the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being configured, when executed by a processor, to:

receive a telephony network formatted signal from a telephony network;
identify a telephony protocol being used by the telephony network;
translate the telephony network formatted signal from the telephony protocol to a DTN bundle protocol, wherein the translation includes encapsulating telephony signaling and media from the telephony protocol into DTN bundles by converting the telephony signaling and media into a Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) File Delivery Protocol (CFDP) protocol data unit (PDU) or directly into a bundle protocol bundle using an interface adapter configured to adapt between the telephony protocol and the DTN bundle protocol, for transmission to a targeted DTN side end device or client;
identify a DTN associated with the targeted DTN end device or client by looking up DTN destination information including a DTN bundle protocol endpoint identification stored in a database;
forward the translated telephony formatted signal from the telephony network to the targeted DTN end device or client;
and
forward translated DTN formatted signals from the targeted DTN end device or client to a targeted telephony side end device or client in the telephony network.

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A method for connecting telephony calls to a Delay and/or Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN), comprising:

receiving a telephony network formatted signal from a telephony network;
identifying a telephony protocol being used by the telephony network;
translating the telephony network formatted signal from the telephony protocol to a DTN bundle protocol, wherein the translating includes encapsulating telephony signaling and media from the telephony protocol into DTN bundles by converting the telephony signaling and media into a Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) File Delivery Protocol (CFDP) protocol data unit (PDU) or directly into a bundle protocol bundle using an interface adapter configured to adapt between the telephony protocol and the DTN bundle protocol, for transmission to a targeted DTN side end device or client;
identifying a DTN associated with the targeted DTN end device or client by looking up DTN destination information including a DTN bundle protocol endpoint identification stored in a database;
forwarding the translated telephony formatted signal from the telephony network to the targeted DTN end device or client;
and
forwarding translated DTN formatted signals from the targeted DTN end device or client to a targeted telephony side end device or client in the telephony network.

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A computer server for connecting telephony users through a Delay and/or Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN), comprising:

one or more network connections;
one or more computer readable storage media;
a processor coupled to the one or more network connections and coupled to the one or more computer readable storage media;
and
a computer program product comprising program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
receiving a telephony network formatted signal from a telephony network;
identifying a telephony protocol being used by the telephony network;
translating the telephony network formatted signal from the telephony protocol to a DTN bundle protocol, wherein the translating includes encapsulating telephony signaling and media from the telephony protocol into DTN bundles by converting the telephony signaling and media into a Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) File Delivery Protocol (CFDP) protocol data unit (PDU) or directly into a bundle protocol bundle using an interface adapter configured to adapt between the telephony protocol and the DTN bundle protocol, for transmission to a targeted DTN side end device or client;
identifying a DTN associated with the targeted DTN end device or client by looking up DTN destination information including a DTN bundle protocol endpoint identification stored in a database;
forwarding the translated telephony formatted signal from the telephony network to the targeted DTN end device or client;
and
forwarding translated DTN formatted signals from the targeted DTN end device or client to a targeted telephony side end device or client in the telephony network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.