Mobility extended telephone application programming interface and method of use

A method for providing call routing between a wirelined switched intelligent network and a wide area wireless intelligent network, comprising the steps of:

• detecting when an outgoing call is made from a wireline telephone;
• notifying a device that said wireline telephone associated with said wireline switched network is active;
• setting an incoming call destination number in said device to a directory number for said wireline telephone;
• receiving a call intended for a wireless telephone of said wireless network;
• sending a location request to a locating device to determine the location of said wireless telephone;
• receiving a Temporary Local Directory Number (TLDN) from said locating device;
• and
• routing said call to the wireline telephone based on said received TLDN.

A method for providing call routing between a wirelined switched intelligent network and a wide area wireless intelligent network, comprising the steps of:

• detecting when an incoming call to a wireline telephone is answered;
• notifying a device that said wireline telephone associated with said wireline switched network is active;
• setting an incoming call destination number in said device to a directory number for said wireline telephone;
• receiving a call intended for a wireless telephone of said wireless network;
• sending a location request to a locating device to determine the location of said wireless telephone;
• receiving a Temporary Local Directory Number (TLDN) from said locating device;
• and
• routing said call to the wireline telephone based on said received TLDN.

A method for providing call routing between a wirelined switched intelligent network and a wide area wireless intelligent network, comprising the steps of:

• detecting when a handset of a wireline telephone is lifted and replaced;
• notifying a device that said wireline telephone associated with said wireline switched network is active;
• setting an incoming call destination number in said device to a directory number for said wireline telephone;
• receiving a call intended for a wireless telephone of said wireless network;
• sending a location request to a locating device to determine the location of said wireless telephone;
• receiving a Temporary Local Directory Number (TLDN) from said locating device;
• and
• routing said call to the wireline telephone based on said received TLDN.

A met hod for providing automatic call redirection between a wirelined switched intelligent network and a wide area wireless intelligent network in an integrated communications system, comprising the steps of:

• detecting an activity status of a wireline telephone associated with said wirelined switched intelligent network;
• activating a call-forward-immediate feature of a wireless telephone of said wireless network to a directory number for said wireline telephone when said activity status of said wireline telephone is active;
• receiving a call on said integrated communications system;
• and
• completing said received call based on said activity status of said wireline telephone.

A method for monitoring the status of a wireline telephone in an integrated communications system in which a wirelined switched intelligent network is coupled to a wide area wireless intelligent network, comprising the steps of:

• detecting when a wireline telephone associated with said wireline switched network is inactive;
• notifying a device that said wireline telephone is inactive;
• receiving a call intended for said wireline telephone on said integrated system;
• issuing a location request to a Home Location Register (HLR) in said integrated system to determine if a wireless telephone associated with said wireless network is able to
• receive a call, when the wireline telephone is inactive;
• receiving a Temporary Local Directory Number (TLDN) from said HLR;
• and
• completing said call intended for said wireline telephone to said wireless telephone based on said received TLDN.

An integrated network communications system, said system comprising:

• a switched cellular network based on wireless intelligent network architecture having a protocol and at least one Service Control Point (SfCP) with a Home Location Register (HLR);
• a private wirelined network having at least one open architecture server hosting a PBX and having a protocol;
• and
• an interface between said networks which translates the cellular protocol and private network protocol to effectively form said private network as an extension of said cellular network whereby said server co-acts with said SCP and said HLR to support an application for automatic call redirection between said wireless network and said wirelined network.

A computer program product having a computer readable medium with computer program logic recorded thereon for use in a system for providing automatic call redirection between a wirelined switched intelligent network and a wide area wireless intelligent network, said computer program product comprising:

• means for detecting an activity status of a wireline telephone associated with said wirelined switched intelligent network;
• means for updating a Service Control Point (SCP) in said integrated system with said activity status of said wireline telephone;
• means for receiving a call on said integrated communications system;
• means for querying said SCP to determine whether said wireline telephone is active;
• and
• means for automatically forwarding a call intended for said wireless network to said wireline telephone when said wireline telephone is active.