Abstract:
There is described a system which, in a voice over IP radiotelecommunications system, allows a mobile station to make an emergency call, even though other calls would not be allowed at that time. The mobile station includes an emergency call indication in the session activation request, and this is recognized by the network nodes, which then allow call set up.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method and a gateway for transporting stream traffic over an IP network. A gateway receives stream data assigned to different stream data channels. The gateway allocates two or more stream data channels to a stream service emulation tunnel provided by IP packets periodically transmitted over the IP network. A packetization unit packs the stream data of the allocated two or more stream data channels in IP packets assigned to said stream service emulation tunnel. Further, it periodically sends these IP packets over the IP network, wherein such IP packets contain stream data of two or more different stream data channels.
Abstract:
A packet-data network is made intelligent in the sense of a connection-oriented, switched telephony (COST) network by enhancing one or more interconnected IP routers in the network with computer-telephony integration (CTI) processors executing CTI applications. No-charge-to-calling-party IP addresses are assigned and sponsored by various enterprises, who may also maintain call centers having at least one CTI-enhanced IP router connected to the network, and agent stations having IP telephones connected to the call-center-located IP router. With appropriate software and the CTI link to IP routers the performance of well-known conventional telephone systems may be provided in packet networks like the Internet.
Abstract:
A system for realizing a home agent client function for a call center system has a home agent client 90 for remotely conducting reception processing of a call center 100 by way of an internet 2 through an internet service provider 6 for connecting a public network 1 to the internet 2, and the call center 100 has connection means for connecting a telephone set 5 to the home agent client 90 through a telephone exchange system 10 based on a reception request call to the call center 100 from the telephone set 5, and conversion means for applying two-way data conversion to voice information and control information in association with the voice information to generate an internet protocol packet.
Abstract:
A system establishes a telephone call between a calling party and a called party. The system receives a telephone call connection request, including identification of the called party, from the calling party and determines, based on the identification information, if the called party is currently connected to a data network. If the called party is currently connected to the data network, the system establishes the telephone call between the calling party and an instant messaging client of the called party.
Abstract:
A system and method for establishing voice communication between a packet-switched network and a circuit-switched network includes a network interface unit for coupling to the packet-switched network, a phone interface unit for coupling to the circuit-switched network and a gateway processor coupled to the network interface unit and to the phone interface unit. In response to a call request, a packet-switched network connection is established between the gateway processor and a first station in the packet-switched network, and a circuit-switched network connection is established between the gateway processor and a second station in the circuit-switched network. Incoming voice data packets received from the first station are converted to outgoing voice signals, which are transmitted over the circuit-switched network connection to the second station. Incoming voice signals received from the second station are converted to outgoing voice data packets, which are transmitted over the packet-switched network connection to the first station. A conference call may be established among three or more conference call participants.
Abstract:
A network-based method for initiating and completing a voice telephony call via the Internet comprises the steps of receiving call completion data at a voice/data network gateway of the public switched telephone network from an Internet application web server, which may comprise an Internet service provider or other entity serving Internet users via an Internet application web server, and transmitting call completion data to telecommunications switches for connecting an Internet user to a telephone of an application agent associated with the Internet server. The application agent may be associated with a 1-8YY toll-free number or other national or international telephone number. Call progress data is translated into data communications protocol format to be returned to the Internet server where it may be displayed to the user. Preferably, the link between the Internet application web server and the voice/data network gateway comprises a telecommunications data link, for example, an ISDN data link. Once a voice telephone call is established between a user and an application agent, other parties may be added to the call via a conference bridge. Other services and features that may not be available or implementable in a customer premises based system but are in a network-based solution comprise tone, video, facsimile, video, modem, speech recognition and other features.
Abstract:
A system and method for remotely controlling one or more monitoring devices in a user's household in the event of emergency so as to more productively monitor the emergency situation on a real-time basis. The monitoring devices may include a number of multimedia instruments such as a telephone with an answering machine, a computer with a built-in digital camera, a video recording device, a cellular phone with an integrated digital camera, etc. An emergency service provider may remotely activate the monitoring devices in the user's vicinity upon receiving an emergency help request from the user, and receive the information sent by the monitoring devices to enable the service personnel to plan appropriate response to the emergency at hand. Such an arrangement allows for better monitoring of the user's vicinity in an emergency situation without the need for prolonged user participation in narrating or describing the emergency situation. Further, the emergency service provider may obtain a better picture of the emergency and its impact by controlling appropriate monitoring devices available in the user's vicinity. The remote activation and control of a monitoring device may be accomplished via the Internet.
Abstract:
Telephone service is supplied using a distributed architecture that employs a collection of resources each of which exposes a hierarchical namespace. The architecture includes two fundamental resource types, the device server and the call coordinator, which are interconnected by a network employing a common protocol, e.g., TCP/IP. The interaction between the various resources follows “client-server” principles to implement end-to-end communication. Device servers represent physical/logical telephone devices, which include a) end-point device servers and b) gateway device servers. End-point device servers 1) represent controls for communication, such as keypads, indicator lamps, and displays, and 2) perform media rendering, e.g., voice digitization, transport, and reconstruction. Gateway device servers have two “sides”. One side is implemented to appear to a call coordinator as if it were a device server, and the other side has an interface adapted to interwork with a preexisting island of telephone service. In the term “device server”, “server” is used in the conventional manner of the “client-server” architecture, where the server serves request from the clients and does not take action unless it is in response to a client request. A call coordinator functions in the role of the “client”. The device servers are unaware of communication state, which is maintained by the call coordinator and exposed as a hierarchical namespace. The call coordinator treats the processing of a call as a sequence of steps each of which can be implemented by a small piece of computer executable code called a “feature applet”.
Abstract:
A help session for Internet offers is provided using the nullclick-to-dialnull service. The invention involves extending this service such that, by way of example, an employee at a call center (CC) can provide a user with an efficient, interactive help session.