Establishing communication sessions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10536493-B2
Application number	US-201715631084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2017
Priority date	Jun 23, 2017
Publication date	Jan 14, 2020
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020

Abstract

A method and a system for establishing a communication session between a first communication device in a main communication network and a second communication device in a local communication network comprising a wireless network, the second communication device being located in the vicinity of a mobile device, the first communication device contacting an external phone number, wherein the external phone number is assigned to a unique identifier of the mobile device. The method comprises (i) the mobile device sending the unique identifier detectable on the wireless network; (ii) providing the unique identifier of the mobile device) and a local communication identifier to a service provider adapter; (iii) determining the location of the mobile device, associating the mobile device to the second communication device in dependence of its location.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for establishing a communication session, the system comprising:
a first communication device in a main communication network,
wherein the first communication device contact is an external phone number;

a second communication device in a local communication network;
wherein the second communication device is located in the vicinity of a mobile device and assigned to a call receiver,
wherein the external phone number is assigned to a unique identifier of the mobile device by a service provider connected to the main communication network;

the main communication network comprising a service provider facility comprising a service provider adapter and a lookup table; and
the local communication network comprising a local network adapter, a wireless network, a location detection device and a local lookup table,
wherein the main communication network is capable of establishing a communication channel to the local communication network.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a location detection device is coupled to the wireless network.

3. The system of claim 1 configured to perform a method comprising:
detecting the unique identifier sent by the mobile device on the wireless network;
providing the unique identifier of the mobile device and a local communication identifier to the service provider adapter of the main communication network;
in response to the detection, determining, by a location detection device, a location of the mobile device;
in response to the detection, associating the mobile device to the second communication device based on the location of the mobile device; and
generating a unique temporary local network identifier at the service provider adapter, to register and authenticate the call receiver at a local network adapter,
wherein the second communication device is reachable via the external phone number from the main communication network via a communication channel using the local communication identifier and the unique temporary local network identifier.

4. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
contacting, by a first communication device, an external phone number,
wherein the external phone number is assigned to a unique identifier of a mobile device;

sending, by the mobile device, the unique identifier detectable on a wireless network,
wherein a second communication device is located within a vicinity of the mobile device,
wherein the second communication device is in a local communication network comprises the wireless network,
wherein the mobile device is assigned to a call receiver;

providing the unique identifier of the mobile device and a local communication identifier to a service provider adapter of a service provider;
in response to the sending the unique identifier in the wireless network, determining a location of the mobile device;
associating the mobile device to the second communication device in dependence of the location of the mobile device; and
generating a unique temporary local network identifier at the service provider adapter, to register and authenticate the call receiver at a local network adapter,
wherein the second communication device is reachable via the external phone number from a main communication network via a communication channel using the local communication identifier and the unique temporary local network identifier.

5. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
in response to a request to establish a communication session from the first communication device in the main communication network to the second communication device by contacting the external phone number, determining if the local communication identifier for the unique identifier was received by the service provider adapter; and
in response to the determining the local communication identifier was received, establishing a communication session with the second communication device in the vicinity of the mobile device via the local communication network.

6. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the mobile device is a mobile telephone device for the wireless network.

7. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the unique identifier is configured as a media access control address attributed to the mobile device.

8. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
based upon receiving the unique identifier and the local communication identifier, providing, by the service provider adapter, the external phone number assigned to the unique identifier; and
generating, by the service provider adapter, the unique temporary local network identifier based on the local communication identifier for establishing the communication channel to the local communication network.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
providing, by the service provider adapter, the unique temporary local network identifier assigned to the unique identifier to the local network adapter of the local communication network.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
initiating, by the first communication device, a phone call using the external phone number routed through the service provider adapter via the local network adapter to the second communication device.

11. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
selecting, by the local network adapter of the local communication network, the second communication device, of one or more communication devices, based on a current location of the mobile device.

12. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
assigning, by the local network adapter, the unique temporary local network identifier to a local network identifier for connecting a closest secondary communication device via a current location of the mobile device.

13. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the associating is performed by locating the unique identifier of a location detection device coupled to the wireless network.

14. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
forwarding, by the local network adapter, the unique identifier to the service provider adapter for selected, particularly preregistered, mobile devices.

15. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
anonymizing, by a cryptographic hash function used in the local communication network, the unique identifier.

16. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
converting, by a protocol converter used in the local communication network, different telephone protocols.

17. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
preassigning the unique identifier of the mobile device to the local communication identifier.

18. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the main communication network comprises a service provider facility with at least a service provider adapter and a lookup table.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Troester Martin
• Troester Janna
• Pohl Thomas
• Simmet Bernd

Classifications

• H04M7/0006

  where voice calls cross both networks · CPC title

• H04L65/1069

  Session establishment or de-establishment · CPC title

• H04L65/1036

  at the edge · CPC title

• H04M2207/18

  wireless networks · CPC title

• H04M7/006

  Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer (H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42) · CPC title