Method and apparatus for personalization of a public multimedia communications terminal
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsKermit Hal Purdy, David G. Unger
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Abstract
A multimedia call is completed to a mobile user, who registered to receive a multimedia call at a multimedia terminal using a portable intelligent device. A mobile user record including a physical address of a multimedia terminal and a user address is stored. In response to a multimedia call addressed to the user address, the physical address is determined and call notification information is transmitted to the multimedia terminal at the physical address. The multimedia call is then completed to the multimedia terminal at the physical address.
Claims26
A method for completing a multimedia call addressed to a user address of a mobile user, comprising:
- registering a request by the mobile user to receive a multimedia call at a multimedia terminal with a personal intelligent device (“PID”);
- authenticating and authorizing said registration request of the mobile user to receive said multimedia call at said multimedia terminal;
- storing a user address and a physical address of the multimedia terminal in a mobile user record, wherein the user address was received from the PID via the multimedia terminal;
- responsive to a multimedia call addressed to the user address,
- determining the physical address based at least partly from the mobile user record,
- transmitting call notification information to the multimedia terminal at the physical address;
- and
- completing the multimedia call to the multimedia terminal at the physical address.
A method for processing a multimedia call addressed to a user address of a mobile user, comprising:
- registering a request by the mobile user to receive a multimedia call at a multimedia terminal with a personal intelligent device (“PID”);
- authenticating and authorizing said registration request to receive said multimedia call at said multimedia terminal;
- associating a physical address of the multimedia terminal and a user address, the user address having been received from a PID via the multimedia terminal;
- responsive to a multimedia call addressed to the user address,
- determining the physical address based at least partly from the association of the physical address and the user address;
- determining that the multimedia call cannot be completed to the physical address;
- determining a second physical address, wherein the physical address and the second physical address are each part of a hunt group of physical addresses;
- transmitting call notification information to the multimedia terminal at the second physical address;
- and
- completing the multimedia call to the second physical address.
An apparatus for completing a multimedia call addressed to a user address of a mobile user, comprising:
- a. at least one means for registering a request by said user to receive a multimedia call at a multimedia terminal using a personal intelligent device (“PID”);
- b. at least one means to authenticate and authorize said registration request to receive said multimedia call at said multimedia terminal;
- c. a processor;
- and
- d. a memory, coupled to said processor, storing a plurality of instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to:
- store a user address and a physical address of the multimedia terminal in a mobile user record, wherein the user address was received from a PID via the multimedia terminal;
- responsive to a multimedia call addressed to the user address, determine the physical address based at least partly from the mobile user record;
- transmit call notification information to the multimedia terminal at the physical address;
- and
- complete the multimedia call to the multimedia terminal at the physical address.
A system for completing a multimedia call addressed to a user address of a mobile user, comprising:
- at least one means for registering a request by said user to receive a multimedia call at a multimedia terminal;
- at least one means for authenticating and authorizing said request by said user to receive said multimedia call at said multimedia terminal;
- means for storing a user address and a physical address of the multimedia terminal in a mobile user record;
- responsive to a multimedia call addressed to the user address, means for determining the physical address based at least partly from the mobile user record;
- means for transmitting call notification information to the multimedia terminal at the physical address;
- and
- means for completing the multimedia call to the multimedia terminal at the physical address.
A medium storing a plurality of instructions adapted for execution by a processor for completing a multimedia call addressed to a user address of a mobile user, said plurality of instructions comprising instructions to:
- request to register said user to receive a multimedia call at a multimedia terminal via a PID;
- authenticate and authorize said registration request of said mobile user;
- store a user address and a physical address of the multimedia terminal in a mobile user record, wherein the user address was received from said PID via the multimedia terminal;
- responsive to a multimedia call addressed to the user address,
- determine the physical address based at least partly from the mobile user record;
- transmit call notification information to the multimedia terminal at the physical address;
- and
- complete the multimedia call to the multimedia terminal at the physical address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.