Telephone number binding in a voice-over-internet system
AssigneeTelEvolution Incorporated
InventorDavid Beckemeyer
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Abstract
Telephone number binding in a voice-over-Internet system is provided. One embodiment is a method for provisioning a customer voice-over-Internet device for voice-over-Internet service. One such method comprises: providing a customer voice-over-Internet device for communicating with an existing telephone line and a data network; providing a telephone number associated with the existing telephone line to a voice-over-Internet platform; and linking the existing telephone number to a unique identifier associated with the customer voice-over-Internet device.
Claims50
A method for provisioning a customer voice-over-Internet device for voice-over-Internet service, the method comprising:
- providing a customer voice-over-Internet device for communication with an existing telephone line and a data network;
- providing a telephone number associated with the existing telephone line to a voice-over-Internet platform;
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- linking the existing telephone number to a unique identifier associated with the customer voice-over-Internet device.
A method for provisioning a customer device for voice-over-Internet service, the method comprising:
- simultaneously controlling a data session and a telephone call between a voice-over-Internet platform and a customer device connected to a customer's telephone;
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- linking a telephone number received via the telephone call to the customer device, if a transmitted session identifier received via the telephone call matches a session identifier associated with the data session.
A method for provisioning a customer device for voice-over-Internet service, the method comprising:
- establishing a data session between a customer device and a voice-over-Internet platform via a data network;
- receiving a device identifier associated with the customer device via the data session;
- instructing the customer device, via the data session, to make a telephone call to a predetermined telephone number that terminates at the voice-over-Internet platform;
- capturing a telephone number corresponding to the customer device via the telephone call;
- instructing the customer device, via the data session, to transmit a session identifier associated with the data session to the voice-over-Internet platform via the telephone call;
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- associating the telephone number with the customer device if the transmitted session identifier matches the session identifier.
A voice-over-Internet system comprising:
- a customer device comprising a data interface for communicating via a data network and a telephone interface for communicating with the public-switched telephone network (PSTN);
- a voice-over-Internet platform for communicating with the customer device via the PSTN and a data session that occurs over the data network;
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- a telephone number binding system associated with the voice-over-Internet platform, the telephone number binding system configured to provision the customer device by linking the customer's existing telephone number to a unique device identifier corresponding to the customer device.
A voice-over-Internet platform comprising:
- means for simultaneously controlling a data session and a telephone call with a customer device;
- and
- means for linking an existing telephone number with the customer device, the existing telephone number received via one of the data session and the telephone call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.