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US 9,288,645 B1Granted
Enhanced services based upon information associated with a wireless access point
AssigneeARRIS Enterprises LLC
InventorsShi Jin Chen, John Randolph Bestermann, Tarun Chugh
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Abstract
When a mobile communication device is communicating with a peer device, methods, systems, and apparatus can be used to provide enhanced services, such as call pushes and call pulls, based upon information associated with a wireless access point.
Claims20
A method for providing for enhanced services comprising:
- establishing an association between a mobile communication device and one or more wireless access points;
- establishing an association between the mobile communication device and one or more other communication devices associated with at least one of the one or more wireless access points;
- storing the association between the mobile communication device and the one or more other communication devices;
- while a communication session is active between the mobile communication device and a peer party device, receiving at an application server a message identifying a wireless access point when the mobile communication device enters the range of a wireless network provided by the wireless access point;
- determining whether the wireless access point identified in the message is a wireless access point with which the mobile communication device is associated;
- if the wireless access point identified in the message is a wireless access point with which the mobile communication device is associated, identifying the one or more other communication devices associated with the wireless access point;
- receiving a request from the mobile communication device to push the communication session from the mobile communication device to one or more of the identified one or more other communication devices;
- establishing a connection between the peer party device and the one or more of the identified one or more other communication devices;
- receiving a request from the mobile communication device to pull the communication session from the one or more of the identified one or more other communication devices;
- and
- terminating the connection between the peer party device and the one or more of the identified one or more other communication devices.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an interface configured to be used to receive a message comprising identification information associated with a mobile communication device and identification information associated with a wireless access point, wherein the mobile communication device is within a range associated with the wireless access point;
- a module configured to:
- identify one or more other communication devices associated with the mobile communication device and the wireless access point;
- and
- determine that a transfer of a communication session between the mobile communication device and one or more of the one or more identified other communication devices is authorized;
- and
- wherein a communication session exists between the mobile communication device and a peer party device, the interface is further configured to be used to;
- receive a request to push the communication session from the mobile communication device to one or more of the one or more identified other communication devices;
- and
- receive a request from the mobile communication device to pull the communication session from the one or more of the one or more identified other communication devices.
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One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:
- receiving a message comprising identification information associated with a mobile communication device and identification information associated with a wireless access point, wherein the mobile communication device is within a range associated with the wireless access point;
- identifying one or more other communication devices associated with the mobile communication device and the wireless access point;
- determining that a transfer of a communication session between the mobile communication device and one or more of the one or more identified other communication devices is authorized;
- and
- wherein a communication session exists between the mobile communication device and a peer party device, receiving a request to push the communication session from the mobile communication device to one or more of the one or more identified other communication devices;
- after establishing a connection between the peer party device and the one or more identified other communication devices, receiving a request from the mobile communication device to pull the communication session from the one or more identified other communication devices;
- and
- terminating the connection between the peer party device and the one or more identified other communication devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.