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US 2007/0190984 A1Published application
Instant messaging interworking in an advanced voice services (avs) framework for wireless communications systems
OwnerRavi Ayyasamy, Bruce Lawler +4inventors
InventorsRavi Ayyasamy, Bruce Lawler, Krishnakant Patel, Vyankatesh Shanbhag, Brahmananda Vempati, Ravi Kumar
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Abstract
A real-time exchange (RTX) interfaces to a wireless communications system to provide enhanced features for advanced voice services (AVS), which include instant messaging interworking.
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An apparatus for providing enhanced features for advanced voice services in a wireless network, comprising:
- a wireless communications network for making calls to and from mobile units, wherein the calls are initiated by call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless communications network and voice frames for the calls are switched between the mobile units across bearer paths in the wireless communications network;
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- a real-time exchange that interfaces to the wireless communications network to provide advanced voice services therein;
- wherein the real-time exchange interfaces to one or more instant messaging servers, and upon request, routes instant messages between the instant messaging servers and the mobile units.
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A method of providing enhanced features for advanced voice services in a wireless network, comprising:
- communicating with a wireless communications network to make calls to and from mobile units, wherein the calls are initiated by call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless communications network and voice frames for the calls are switched between the mobile units across bearer paths in the wireless communications network;
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- interfacing a real-time exchange to the wireless communications network to provide the advanced voice services therein;
- wherein the real-time exchange interfaces to one or more instant messaging servers, and upon request, routes instant messages between the instant messaging servers and the mobile units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.