US 8,620,331 B1Granted

Wired service for wireless subscribers

AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.

InventorsKathy Eichholz, Brent Joseph Larzalere, Diana P. Hoppe

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Abstract

Methods and systems for establishing landline telephone services for wireless telephone subscribers are provided. One embodiment of a method includes receiving a request to establish a voice connection between a first telephone device and a second telephone device, wherein the second telephone device is a landline telephone device, and further wherein a particular wireless telephone number is associated with the second telephone device; referencing a mapping of one or more wireless telephone numbers and corresponding IP addresses, wherein the particular wireless telephone number associated with the second telephone device is mapped to a particular IP address in the referenced mapping; and utilizing said referenced mapping, initiating a voice connection between the first telephone device and the second telephone device.

Claims19

Dependent claims

Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, facilitate a method of establishing a landline telephone call for a wireless telephone subscriber, the method comprising:

receiving a request to establish a voice connection between a first telephone device and a second telephone device, wherein the second telephone device is a landline telephone device, and further wherein a particular wireless telephone number is associated with the second telephone device;
referencing a mapping of wireless telephone numbers and corresponding IP addresses, wherein the particular wireless telephone number associated with the second telephone device is mapped to a particular IP address in the referenced mapping, wherein the referenced mapping is generated according to the following process:
receiving a request from a wireless telephone subscriber associated with the second telephone device to establish a landline telephone service:
assigning the particular wireless telephone number to the wireless telephone subscriber;
determining that a connection is established between a high-speed data modem and a landline telephone adapter associated with the landline telephone device, wherein the high-speed data modem is associated with the particular IP address, the particular IP address belonging to the wireless telephone subscriber;
determining that a connection is established between at least one landline telephone jack and the landline telephone adapter, wherein the landline telephone jack is associated with the landline telephone device;
and
mapping the particular wireless telephone number with the particular IP address, wherein, based on the mapping, the landline telephone device is capable of performing one or more of placing calls and receiving calls using the particular wireless telephone number;
and
utilizing said referenced mapping, initiating a voice connection between the first telephone device and the second telephone device.

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receiving a call that was routed to a landline telephone adapter by virtue of a mapping to a particular wireless telephone number, wherein the mapping includes a mapped pairing of the particular wireless telephone number and a particular IP address, and further wherein the mapping is generated according to the following process:
receiving a request from the wireless telephone subscriber to establish a landline telephone service;
assigning the particular wireless telephone number to the wireless telephone subscriber;
determining that a connection is established between a high-speed data modem and the landline telephone adapter, wherein the high-speed data modem is associated with the particular IP address, the particular IP address belonging to the wireless telephone subscriber;
determining that a connection is established between the at least one landline telephone jack and the landline telephone adapter, wherein the landline telephone jack is associated with the landline telephone device;
mapping the particular wireless telephone number with the particular IP address, wherein, based on the mapping, the landline telephone device is capable of performing one or more of placing calls and receiving calls using the particular wireless telephone number;
and
establishing availability of one or more of the following in connection with the particular wireless telephone number:
(1) address-based 911 services;
(2) directory-assistance services;
(3) a calling name;
(4) directory listing services;
(5) billing services;
and
(6) additional wired features, wherein the additional wired features include one or more of call hunting, call forwarding, call pick-up, and call transfer;
and
initiating a voice connection with a landline telephone device associated with at least one landline telephone jack coupled to the landline telephone adapter.

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A system for providing landline telephone service to a wireless telephone subscriber, the system comprising:

a switch for establishing a connection between a first telecommunication device and a second telecommunication device, wherein the second telecommunication device is a landline telecommunication device, and further wherein the second telecommunication device is associated with a particular wireless telephone number, wherein said switch is coupled to an information network;
a customer site that facilitates sending and receiving landline telephone calls to and from the second telecommunication device, wherein the customer site is coupled to the information network, wherein the customer site comprises,
(1) a high-speed data modem, the high-speed data modem having a particular IP address;
and
(2) a telephone adapter, wherein the telephone adapter is coupled to at least one landline telephone jack, and further wherein the at least one landline telephone jack is coupled to one or more landline telecommunication devices, one of which is the second telecommunication device;
and
computer-readable media embodied with a data structure that includes a mapping of wireless telephone numbers to IP addresses, the mapping in connection with the switch,
(1) wherein the mapping comprises mapped pairs of wireless telephone numbers and IP addresses, and
(2) wherein the mapped pairs include mapping of the particular wireless telephone number to the particular IP address.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.