WO2002035862A2 - Communication device and method for changing communication mode based on identification data received from communication source - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
- H04M1/64—Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W8/00—Network data management
- H04W8/26—Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
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- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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- H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
- H04W88/02—Terminal devices
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- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
- H04W88/02—Terminal devices
- H04W88/06—Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
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- PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
- a facsimile e.g., fax
- a digital file e.g., a digital file
- operational mode of the receiver may be changed to a fax transmission or
- stage dialing where the originator of a call dials one number to contact a
- group of devices e.g., a network
- first call is made to verbally notify the called-party that a non-voice-only call is
- this technique may
- FIG . 1 is a block diagram representation of an embodiment of a system
- FIG . 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method in accordance with an
- determining refers to the action and/or processes of a computer
- This apparatus may be specially
- Such a program may be stored on a storage medium, such as, but
- ROMs read-only memories
- RAMs random access memories
- EPROMs electrically programmable read-only memories
- EEPROMs electrically erasable and programmable read only memories
- magnetic or optical cards or any other type of media suitable for storing electronic instructions, and capable of being coupled to a system bus for a computing device.
- Coupled may be used to indicate that two or more elements are in direct physical or electrical contact with each other
- Connected may be used to indicate that two or more elements are in direct physical or electrical contact with each other
- Coupled may also mean that two or more elements are in direct physical or electrical contact
- Coupled may also mean that two or more elements are not in direct contact with each other, but yet still co-operate or interact with each other
- Types of cellular radiotelephone communication systems intended to be within the scope of the present invention include, although not limited to, Direct Sequence - Code Division Multiple Access (DS-CDMA) cellular radiotelephone communication systems, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular radiotelephone systems, North American Digital Cellular (NADC) celluar radiotelephone systems, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) systems, Extended-TDMA (E-TDMA) cellular radiotelephone systems, and the like
- Embodiment 100 may comprise a communication device 10 such as a mobile communication device (e g , cell phone), a two-way radio communication system, a one-way pager, a two-way pager, a personal communication system (PCS), a portable computer, another type of data terminating equipment (DTE), or the like
- a communication device 10 such as a mobile communication device (e g , cell phone), a two-way radio communication system, a one-way pager, a two-way pager, a personal communication system (PCS), a portable computer, another type of data terminating equipment (DTE), or the like
- device 10 may be a wired communication device such as a telephone, fax machine, printer, data storage device, etc
- embodiments of the present invention may be used with a terminating station
- communication device 10 may comprise one or more peripherals (e g , fax machine, printer, etc ) that provide different types of originating and/or terminating services
- Communication device 10 here may include a processor 15, memory 20, and a transceiver 25
- Processor 15 may comprise, for example, a microprocessor, a digital signal processor a microcontroller, or the like, although the scope of the present invention is not limited in this respect
- processor 15 may, among other things, adjust the communication receiving mode of communication device 10 based on the nature or identification data associated with an incoming communication For example, although the scope of the present invention is not limited in this respect, processor 15 may alter communication device 1 0 from a voice-only communication mode to a data-only communication mode.
- processor 15 may alter communication device 1 0 from a voice-only communication mode to a data-only communication mode.
- communication mode or receiving mode may refer to how a communication device may be arranged depending on the service type of an incoming call. It should be understand that the scope of the present invention is not limited such that “receiving" means data flows only from the originator
- the terminating station e.g., receiver
- the terminating station e.g., receiver
- Memory 20 may comprise a variety of different memory types including, but not limited to, volatile memory (e g , such as static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), etc ) or non-volatile memory (e g , flash memory, EEPROM, EPROM, etc ) Memory 20 may be used, among other things, to store identification data that indicates the receiving mode or communication mode to be used by communication device 10 depending on the origin of an incoming communication Although the scope of the present invention is not limited in this respect, memory 20 may comprise a table storing at least part of the identification data associated with the origin or originator of an incoming communication Calling Party Number Receiving mode
- Table 1 is provided to illustrate one example of the data that may be stored in memory 20.
- the receiving mode of communication device 10 may be changed depending on the type or origin of the incoming call. Although the scope of the present invention is not limited to these examples, the receiving mode of communication device 10 may be data-only, video-only, voice-only, internet connection-only, or any combination thereof.
- communication device 10 may reroute the incoming call to another device. For example, communication device 10 may route the call to a fax machine, printer, storage medium, etc, although the scope of the present invention is not limited to these.
- the identification data stored in the calling party's number (CPN) which may be available on most wired or wireless communication systems.
- the table or data stored in memory 20 may comprise only a portion of the identification data associated ith the origin or type of incoming call
- memory 20 may store just the area code, prefix, or some other subset of the calling party's identification number
- memory 20 may store other identification data (e g , name, network identification numbers, IP address, etc ) that may suggest the origin, service type, or the nature of an incoming communication
- transceiver 25 may be used to receive and transmit messages during a communication using radio frequency (RF) techniques such as CDMA, TDMA, GSM, etc
- RF radio frequency
- Transceiver 25 may also be adapted to decode or determine the identification data associated with the origin or type of call
- transceiver 25 may be adapted to determine the calling party's number (CPN)
- communication device 10 may transmit and receive messages from a base station 40, which, in turn, receives and transmits messages from a mobile switching center (MSC) 60
- MSC 60 may be used to control which base stat ⁇ on(s) is used to communicate with communication device 10 MSC 60 may also permit communication device 10 to connect to the Public Switching Telephone Network (PTSN) This may allow communication device 10 to communication with origination devices 100-101 Devices 100-101 may represent a wired or wireless device that originates a communication with communication device 10 For example, originating devices 100-101 may be a wired or wireless telephone, a network a fax machine, a data storage device, an internet service provider, etc , although the scope of the present invention is not limited to these examples MSC 60 may also be coupled to an interworking function (IWF) 80 and data communications equipment (DCE) 81 (e g , a modem), which may be employed by MSC 60 to conduct a communication depending on the type of communication Although the scope of the present invention is not limited in this respect, communication device 10 may also comprise memory 50 that may be used to store the instructions to be executed by processor 15 Memory 50 may be any type of memory including any type of volatile or non-volatile memory
- communication device 10 may receive an indication that there is an incoming call, block 201
- MSC 60 may use base station 40 to notify communication device 10 that there is an incoming call from the PSTN
- communication device 10 may receive information that may be used to indicate the origin or nature of the incoming communication
- Communication device 10 may then determine if the identification data matches any of the data stored, block 203 If the identification data (e g , CPN) matches any of the data stored in memory 20, then processor 15 may adjust the receiving mode of communication device 10 or reroute the call to another device coupled to communication device 10 (e g , fax machine, printer, data storage device, etc ), block 204
- the communication device 1 0 may be programmed to receive
- communication device 1 0 may assume that there is no match and begin a voice-only communication. Once the communication receiving mode of communication device 1 0 has been set, communication with the originator may be conducted.
- communication device 1 0 may also be
- Communication device 1 0 may also be programmed to a "one-shot" mode
- the mode of the device is set to a particular mode for the next call, regardless of the nature of the call and regardless if the CPN matches data
- communication device 1 0 may set a
- the receiving mode of a communication device may be changed without requiring any changes to the communication network (e.g., PSTN) . Since
- calling party identification data is available on many existing systems.
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