Abstract:
In one embodiment, a service node will recognize an attempt to initiate a call from a first terminal to a second terminal, and automatically provide information to media clients associated with the first and second terminals such that a media session can be readily established between the media clients in association with the call. The service node may be configured to interact with telephony switches that support the first or second terminals, directly or indirectly via a signaling adaptor. In a second embodiment, the service node will recognize an attempt to initiate a call and will route the call to a gateway, which is controllable by the service node. Once the call is sent to the gateway, the service node may provide instructions to the gateway for routing or otherwise processing the call.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to routing incoming calls to a single mobile terminal either through a cellular network or through a wireline network via a terminal adaptor, which is capable of wirelessly communicating with the mobile terminal. As such, the mobile terminal may facilitate traditional cellular calls via the cellular network, or traditional wireline network calls via the terminal adaptor. The mobile terminal is only associated with one directory number, which can be used by a caller regardless of whether the mobile terminal is being supported by the wireline network or the cellular network.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a way to associate multimedia clients with telephony devices and create multimedia sessions related to a voice connection between the telephony devices. The telephony devices may be part of a public network or an enterprise network associated with a PBX. Further, calls can be routed in part over packet-switched and circuit-switched networks.
Abstract:
The present invention provides for directly routing an inbound call to a wireless user element through a servicing mobile switching center (MSC), instead of routing the call to a home MSC and on to the servicing MSC. To facilitate direct routing of a call to a servicing MSC, a tandem switch in the wireline network is given access to the home location register (HLR) database of the wireless network. As such, the tandem switch can determine the MSC servicing a user element, and then route the call to the servicing MSC directly, instead of via the home MSC.