Presence-based communication routing service and regulation of same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9432908-B2
Application number	US-201414300105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2014
Priority date	Apr 8, 2010
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

Systems, methods, and user interfaces are provided for customized communication routing and regulation thereof. The routing of an incoming communication to a device, wireless or wireline, is based on a routing preference and a presence condition of a mobile device in a home or visited wireless environment served by a confined-coverage access point (AP). The routing preference can be configured for a device that operates in the home or visited wireless environment. The confined-coverage AP can be owned or leased by a subscriber associated with the incoming call or by a third party. Provisioning of routing of incoming call based on a third-party confined-coverage AP can be event-based. Add-on services can be provisioned and configured; screening of incoming call(s) based on screening rule(s) specific to an confined-coverage AP is provided. Customized communication routing to equipment that operates in a confined-coverage area served by a third-party confined-coverage AP can be cancelled.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving a request to route an incoming call directed to a mobile device associated with a first subscriber identity;
determining a location of the mobile device associated with the first subscriber identity based on a registration of the mobile device with an access point device;
determining an entity identity associated with control of the access point device;
determining a routing preference associated with the first subscriber identity based on the location of the mobile device and the entity identity associated with the control of the access point device, wherein the routing preference identifies another device to which to forward the incoming call, and wherein the routing preference varies based on the entity identity being determined to be the first subscriber identity or a second identity different from the first subscriber identity; and
initiating routing of the incoming call based on the routing preference.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining the routing preference comprises:
determining a first routing preference in response to the entity identity being determined to be the first subscriber identity; and
determining a second routing preference in response to the entity identity being determined to have the second identity.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the initiating the routing of the incoming call comprises directing the other device to employ a unique ringtone that identifies the incoming call as being associated with the first subscriber identity.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
applying a screening rule to the incoming call prior to the initiating the routing using a filtering service comprising determining whether the incoming call is to be blocked.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the initiating the routing of the incoming call based on the first routing preference comprises:
identifying another mobile device in a confined coverage area associated with the access point device based on another registration of the other mobile device with the access point device; and
provisioning a service to direct the incoming call to the other mobile device.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the initiating the routing of the incoming call based on the second routing preference comprises:
provisioning a service to direct the incoming call to a wireline device in a confined coverage area associated with the access point device.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the provisioning comprises:
receiving an indication that access to wireless coverage through the access point device has been granted; and
generating an indication the service is available for a call session.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the provisioning comprises:
initiating sending a message to confirm acceptance of the service;
receiving a response to the message; and
initiating sending an indication of acceptance responsive to the response indicating the service has been accepted.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving an indication to cancel the service;
initiating rendering a request to confirm cancellation of the service in response to the receiving the indication; and
updating a routing preference associated with the first subscriber identity to reflect the cancellation of the service.

10. A method comprising:
receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a request to route an incoming call directed to a first device associated with a subscriber identity;
determining, by the system, a location of a mobile device associated with the subscriber identity based on a registration of the mobile device with an access point device;
determining, by the system, an entity identity associated with control of the access point device;
determining, by the system, a routing preference associated with the subscriber identity based on the location of the mobile device and the entity identity associated with the control of the access point device, wherein the routing preference identifies second device to which to forward the incoming call, comprising
determining a first routing preference in response to the entity identity being determined to be the subscriber identity, and
determining a second routing preference in response to the entity identity being determined to be an identity different from the subscriber identity; and

routing, by the system, the incoming call based on the routing preference.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first device is a wireline device and the second device comprises the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first routing preference identifies a first group of devices to which to forward the incoming call and the second routing preference identifies a second group of device to which to forward the incoming call.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the routing the incoming call comprises directing the second device to employ a selected ringtone that identifies the incoming call as being associated with the subscriber identity.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
applying, by the system, a screening rule to the incoming call prior to the routing using a filtering service comprising determining whether the incoming call is to be blocked.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the mobile device is a first mobile device, wherein the registration is a first registration, and wherein the routing preference comprise the first routing preference and the routing the incoming call comprises:
identifying a second mobile device in a confined coverage area associated with the access point device based on a second registration of the second mobile device with the access point device; and
provisioning a service to direct the incoming call to the second mobile device.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the wireline device is a first wireline device, and wherein the routing preference comprises the first routing preference, and wherein the routing the incoming call comprises:
provisioning a service to direct the incoming call to a second wireline device in a confined-coverage area associated with the access point device.

17. A machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
determining a location of a mobile device associated with a subscriber identity based on a registration of the mobile device with an access point device;
identifying an entity identity associated with control of the access point device; and
routing an incoming call directed to the mobile device based on a routing preference associated with the subscriber identity, the location of the mobile device, and the entity identity associated with the control of the access point device,
wherein the routing preference identifies a first device to which to route the incoming call in response to the entity identity being determined to be the subscriber identity and a second device to which to route the incoming call in response to the entity identity being determined to have a different identity from the subscriber identity.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the operations further comprising:
determining that the entity identity has the different identity, and wherein the routing further comprises:
provisioning a service to d

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Wohlert Randolph
• Frew Steven
• Majmundar Milap

Classifications

• H04L65/1069

  Session establishment or de-establishment · CPC title

• H04W8/18

  Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data · CPC title

• H04L67/24

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L65/1016

  IP multimedia subsystem [IMS] · CPC title

• H04L65/1006

  Electricity · mapped topic