Method and system for providing accurate service record using phone line detector
AssigneeAgere Systems Inc.
InventorPhilip D. Mooney
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Abstract
A method and system for providing an accurate service record to communication devices seeking modem-based services. The system includes a phone line detector capable of detecting whether a properly working phone line connection exists. This can be accomplished by detecting whether a phone line is actually plugged into a phone jack connected to a modem of a communication device. If a proper phone line connection exists, then the communication device generates a service record identifying, among other services, all modem-based services that the communication device can offer to other communication devices in search of a modem or modem-based service.
Claims31
A method for providing an accurate service record from a second communication device to at least one first communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
- first determining whether a modem is present in the second communication device;
- second determining whether a proper phone line connection exists in the second communication device;
- and
- generating, by the second communication device, a service record identifying modem-based services that can be offered by the second communication device to the first communication device, based on the results of the first and second determining steps, wherein the service record identifying the modem-based services is generated if the first determining step determines that the modem is present in the second communication device, and if the second determining step determines that a proper phone line connection exists in the second communication device.
A method of providing an accurate service record identifying services that can be offered by a communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a proper line connection for providing services exists for the communication device;
- and
- generating a service record identifying the services if the determining step determines that a proper line connection exists, and removing the services from the service record if the determining step currently determines that no proper line connection exists for the communication device.
A communication device for providing an accurate service record identifying services that can be offered by the communication device, the communication device comprising:
- a line detector for determining whether a proper line connection for providing services exists for the communication device;
- and
- communication means, coupled to the line detector, for generating a service record identifying the services only if the line detector indicates that a proper line connection exists.
A second communication device for providing an accurate service record to a first communication device, the second communication device comprising:
- a modem;
- a Bluetooth device, coupled to the modem, for determining whether the modem is present in the second communication device;
- and
- a phone line detector, coupled to the Bluetooth device, for determining whether a proper phone line connection exists in the second communication device,
- wherein the Bluetooth device generates a service record identifying modem-based services that can be offered by the second communication device to the first communication device, only if the modem is present in the second communication device and the proper phone line connection exists in the second communication device.
A computer program product embodied on computer readable media readable by a communication device, for providing an accurate service record by the communication device, the computer program product comprising computer executable instructions for:
- determining whether a proper line connection for providing services exists for the communication device;
- and
- generating a service record identifying the services only if it is determined that the proper line connection exists.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.