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US 7,613,471 B2Granted
Method of providing SMS callback
AssigneeRedtone Technology Sdn Bhd
InventorsEng Sia Lee, Heng Ho Peter Yeow, Jin Feei Loh
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Abstract
A method of connecting two or more phone lines in a cross-country connection through a rented device. The device may be a mobile phone or a SIM card. An SMS message is sent from the rented device to a service provider bearing the identification of the phone lines to be connected. The SMS is received by a gateway of the service provider, and the gateway subsequently places calls to the phone lines in the SMS and connects the phone lines.
Claims39
A telecommunications system comprising:
- a messaging-enabled communications device configured for a roaming-free connection to a mobile telephone services provider;
- a distributor, the distributor providing the communications device to a user;
- and
- a gateway, the gateway being for placing a telephone call to a destination telephone having a telephone number indicated by a message received from the communications device and also for placing a telephone call to the user though the service provider to patch the user to the destination telephone without incurring roaming charges;
- wherein
- the communication device is registered with the gateway before it is provided to the user and wherein
- the communication device activates a fake ring-tone when the message is being received by the gateway so that the user is made to feel that the destination telephone is being dialed in a conventional way;
- and
- wherein the communication device activates the fake ring-tone during a sequence in which the gateway hangs up on the communication device, calls back the communication device and then places the call to the destination telephone.
6 more elements
A telecommunications method comprising the steps of:
- providing a messaging-enabled communications device configured for a roaming-free connection to a telephone services provider;
- providing a distributor, the distributor providing the mobile communications device to a user;
- providing a gateway, the gateway placing a telephone call through the gateway to a destination telephone having a telephone number indicated by a message received from the communications device and also placing a telephone call through the telephone services provider to the user to patch the customer to the destination telephone without incurring roaming charges;
- wherein the messaging-enabled communication device is registered with the gateway before it is provided to the user;
- and
- activating a fake ring-tone in the messaging-enabled communication device when the gateway is receiving the message so that the user is made to feel that the destination telephone is being dialed in a conventional way;
- and
- wherein the messaging-enabled communication device activates the fake ring-tone during a sequence in which the gateway hangs up on the messaging-enabled communication device, calls back the messaging-enabled communication device and then places the call to the destination telephone.
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A messaging-enabled enabled phone arranged to generate a menu of options, the menu comprising destination telephone numbers;
- wherein
- selection of one or more of the destination numbers causing the phone to generate a message to a service provider of SMS Callback;
- the message containing indications of the at least one of the destination numbers;
- the message causing the service provider to place call(s) to the at least one destination number and also to place a call to the sender of the message, and patching the calls when they are connected;
- the messaging-enabled phone is registered with a gateway before it is provided to a user;
- and
- wherein the phone activates a fake ring-tone when the message is being received by the gateway so that the user is made to feel that the destination telephone is being dialed in a conventional way;
- and
- wherein the messaging-enabled phone activates the fake ring-tone during a sequence in which the gateway hangs up on messaging-enabled phone, calls back the messaging-enabled phone and then places the call to the destination telephone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.