System and method for disseminating global positioning information through a telecommunications infrastructure
AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorMarvin L. Williams
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Abstract
A system for, and method of, disseminating global positioning information through a telecommunications network. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a receiver that collects global positioning signals and generates global positioning information based thereon and (2) a mixer, coupled to the receiver, that combines the global positioning information with user traffic to allow the global positioning information to be communicated with the user traffic through the telecommunications network to a recipient.
Claims21
A system for disseminating global positioning information through a telecommunications network, comprising:
- a receiver that collects global positioning signals and generates global positioning information based thereon;
- and
- a mixer, coupled to said receiver, that combines said global positioning information with user traffic between a caller and a call recipient to allow said global positioning information to be communicated with said user traffic through said telecommunications network to said recipient, wherein said recipient employs said global positioning information to confirm an identity of said caller.
A method of disseminating global positioning information through a telecommunications network, comprising:
- collecting global positioning signals;
- generating global positioning information based thereon;
- combining said global positioning information with user traffic between a caller and a call recipient to allow said global positioning information to be communicated with said user traffic through said telecommunications network to said recipient;
- and
- employing said global positioning information to confirm an identity of said caller.
A telecommunications infrastructure, comprising:
- a telecommunications network;
- and
- a plurality of telephones couplable to said telecommunications network, each of said plurality of telephones being associated with:
- a receiver that collects global positioning signals and generates global positioning information based thereon, and
- a mixer, coupled to said receiver, that combines said global positioning information with user traffic between a caller and a call recipient and communicates said global positioning information with said user traffic through said telecommunications network to said recipient, wherein said recipient employs said global positioning information to confirm an identity of said caller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.