Telephone number binding in a voice-over-internet system
AssigneeTelEvolution Incorporated
InventorDavid S. Beckemeyer
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Abstract
Telephone number binding in a voice-over-Internet system is provided. One embodiment is a method for provisioning a customer voice-over-Internet device for voice-over-Internet service. One such method comprises: providing a customer voice-over-Internet device for communicating with an existing telephone line and a data network; providing a telephone number associated with the existing telephone line to a voice-over-Internet platform; and linking the existing telephone number to a unique identifier associated with the customer voice-over-Internet device.
Claims23
A method for provisioning a customer voice-over-Internet device for voice-over-Internet service, the method comprising:
- providing a customer voice-over-Internet device for communication with an existing telephone line and a data network;
- providing a telephone number associated with the existing telephone line to a voice-over-Internet platform;
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- linking the existing telephone number to a unique identifier associated with the customer voice-over-Internet device, the providing the telephone number associated with the existing telephone line occurring via a telephone call over the existing telephone line between the voice-over-Internet platform and the customer voice-over-Internet device and wherein the telephone call is initiated by the customer voice over-Internet device in response to a request from the voice-over-Internet platform instructing the customer voice-over-Internet device to dial a predetermined number that terminates at the voice-over-Internet platform.
A voice-over-Internet system comprising:
- a customer device comprising a data interface for communicating via a data network and a telephone interface for communicating with the public-switched telephone network (PSTN);
- a voice-over-Internet platform for communicating with the customer device via the PSTN and a data session that occurs over the data network;
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- a telephone number binding system associated with the voice-over-Internet platform, the telephone number binding system configured to provision the customer device by linking a customer's existing telephone number to a unique device identifier corresponding to the customer device, wherein the telephone number binding system instructs the customer via the data session to initiate a telephone call to the voice-over-Internet platform, the telephone number binding system capturing the customer's existing telephone number via the telephone call initiated by the customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.