Single Number Presentation for Dual-Mode Phones
AssigneeAruba Networks, Inc.
InventorsRajneesh Bajpai, Deepinder Setia, Pradeep Iyer
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Abstract
Providing a single number presentation to the party called by a dual-mode phone. The operation of the cellular side of a dual-mode phone is altered such that when the user attempts to place an outgoing call using the cellular phone, the call is redirected to a preprogrammed incoming phone number associated with the enterprise. When the enterprise PBX answers this call, the dual-mode phone transmits the desired number to the enterprise PBX. The enterprise PBX then places the call to the desired number, and in the process transmits the caller-id information assigned to the dual-mode phone.
Claims9
A method of operating a dual-mode phone comprising:
- detecting an attempt to place a call through a cellular connection to a target number,
- storing the target number,
- initiating a cellular connection to a predetermined number,
- once connected, transmitting the stored target number to a controller at the predetermined number,
- the controller receiving the target number,
- the controller identifying the calling dual-mode phone,
- the controller retrieving caller-id information associated with the dual-mode phone,
- the controller calling the target number and supplying the caller-id information associated with the dual-mode phone, and
- connecting the dual-mode phone to the call placed to the target number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.