Selecting information handling system communication protocol based on network constraints
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsDouglas M. Anson, Arthur R. Toy, Wendy E. Dilliard
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Abstract
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone calls at an information handling system are managed based upon data transfer allocations associated with an information handling system wireless wide area network (WWAN) account to reduce data transfer overages at the WWAN account. If data transfer associated with a WWAN account approaches an allocation threshold, VoIP telephone calls associated with the information handling system that would use WWAN data transfer are instead configured to proceed through a WWAN telephone call with a WWAN telephone number that does not use data transfer.
Claims23
A method for initiating a telephone call at an information handling system, the method comprising:
- detecting a predetermined data allocation state associated with a wireless wide area network (WWAN) account of the information handling system;
- detecting a request for a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone call associated with the information handling system;
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- reconfiguring the VoIP telephone call to initiate as a WWAN telephone call associated with the information handling system;
- wherein the WWAN telephone call has reduced impact on the data allocation state relative to the VoIP telephone call when placed through the WWAN.
An information handling system comprising:
- a housing;
- a processor disposed in the housing and operable to process information;
- memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the information;
- a wireless wide area network (WWAN) unit interfaced with the processor and operable to establish a WWAN interface;
- a wireless local area network (WLAN) unit interfaced with the processor and operable to establish a WLAN interface;
- a WWAN telephone module operable to establish a WWAN telephone call through the WWAN interface with a WWAN telephone number;
- a VoIP telephone module operable to establish a VoIP telephone call through the WWAN interface or through the WLAN interface, the VoIP telephone call established with a VoIP telephone number;
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- a call allocation module interfaced with the WWAN telephone module and the VoIP telephone module and operable in response to a predetermined condition to configure the VoIP telephone call as WWAN telephone call.
A system for selecting an information handling system communication protocol based upon network constraints, the system comprising:
- an information handling system having a wireless wide area network (WWAN) interface and a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface;
- a WWAN telephone module executing on the information handling system to establish a WWAN telephone call with a WWAN protocol and associated with a WWAN telephone number through the WWAN interface;
- a VoIP telephone module executing on the information handling system to establish a VoIP telephone call with a VoIP protocol and associated with a VoIP telephone number through the WLAN interface or the WWAN interface;
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- a call allocation module operable to configure a VoIP telephone call at the information handling system to interface with the VoIP protocol in the absence of a predetermined network constraint and with the WWAN protocol in the presence of a predetermined constraint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.