Providing Enhanced Wireline Services
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorAshish Agarwal
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Abstract
Novel tools and techniques that provide enhanced wireline services at one or more known wireline locations. In some cases, these tools and techniques involve determining that a subscriber is at one or more of the known wireline locations based on a detected location of the subscriber's wireless device (e.g., wireless phone, portable computer, etc.). Once the subscriber's presence at that wireline location has been detected, enhanced services can be provided to a wireline telephone at that location.
Claims25
A method of providing a wireline telephone subscriber with enhanced wireline service, the method comprising:
- maintaining a list of one or more wireline locations for which enhanced wireline services should be provided to the subscriber, each of the one or more wireline locations having associated therewith a wireline subscriber number, the one or more wireline locations comprising a first wireline location having associated therewith a first wireline subscriber number;
- detecting a location of a wireless device associated with the subscriber;
- determining that the location of the wireless device corresponds to the first wireline location;
- providing, with a wireline telephone network, enhanced wireline services at the wireline subscriber number associated with the first wireline location.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by one or more computers to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising:
- instructions for maintaining a list of one or more wireline locations for which enhanced wireline services should be provided to the subscriber, each of the one or more wireline locations having associated therewith a wireline subscriber number, the one or more wireline locations comprising a first wireline location having associated therewith a first wireline subscriber number;
- instructions for detecting a location of a wireless device associated with the subscriber;
- instructions for determining that the location of the wireless device corresponds to the first wireline location;
- and
- instructions for providing, with a wireline telephone network, enhanced wireline services at the wireline subscriber number associated with the first wireline location.
A computer system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a computer readable medium in communication with the one or more processors, the computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the computer system to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising:
- instructions for maintaining a list of one or more wireline locations for which enhanced wireline services should be provided to the subscriber, each of the one or more wireline locations having associated therewith a wireline subscriber number, the one or more wireline locations comprising a first wireline location having associated therewith a first wireline subscriber number;
- instructions for detecting a location of a wireless device associated with the subscriber;
- instructions for determining that the location of the wireless device corresponds to the first wireline location;
- and
- instructions for providing, with a wireline telephone network, enhanced wireline services at the wireline subscriber number associated with the first wireline location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.