Automatic remote communication using network telephony
AssigneeRockstar Bidco, LP
InventorMohammad R. Zonoun
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus to provide remote communication using network telephony. In a transmitter, an activation message is decoded to generate an activation command. The activation message is sent from an activator via a communication medium in response to a telephony call. An information message is transmitted, responsive to the activation command, to a receiver using a communication protocol. In a receiver, an activation message is decoded to generate an activation command. The activation message is sent in response to a telephone call. An information message is received, responsive to the activation command. The information message is sent from a transmitter according to a communication protocol via a communication medium.
Claims15
A network comprising:
- a plurality of commonly coupled location transmitters, each transmitter comprising a transmission unit to broadcast a signal modulated from an information message containing respective location information in response to a telephony call;
- and
- a network component capable of sensing at least one of the plurality of transmitters, the network component comprising:
- a sensor capable of at least intermittent coupling to a first transmitter of the plurality of transmitters to receive the respective location information broadcast by the first transmitter, a location determination unit coupled to the sensor to process the received respective location information, and a network interface to externally issue the respective location information in accordance with a packet data format;
- wherein the transmission unit of a transmitter broadcasts the respective location information responsive to an activation request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.