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`UNITED STATES UTILITY PATENT APPLICATION
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`TITLE
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`TELEPHONE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD
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`INVENTORS
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`IVAN ZHIDOV
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`PETER A. RINFRET
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`SUNIR KOCHHAR
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
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`[0001]
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`This application is a divisional application and claims the benefit of priority to co-
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`pending US Patent Application No. 17/039,566, filed September 30, 2020 by Zhidovet al., which
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`is a divisional of US Patent Application No. 16/444,753, filed June 18, 2019, by Zhidov,et al.,
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`which is a divisional application of US Patent Application No. 16/031,806 (now Patent No.
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`10,334,094), filed July 10, 2018 by Zhidov,et al., which is a continuation application of US Patent
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`Application No. 15/582,091 (now Patent No. 10,051,105), filed April 28, 2017, by Zhidov,et al.,
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`which is a continuation application of US Patent Application No. 14/307,052 (now Patent No.
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`9,667,770), filed June 17, 2014, by Zhidov, et al., which is a continuation-in-part application of
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`US Patent Application No. 13/944, 853, filed July 17, 2013, by Zhidov,et al.,
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`the complete
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`contents of each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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`BACKGROUND
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`TECHNICAL FIELD
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`[0002]
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`The present invention relates to systems and methodsfor setting up and connecting
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`telephonecalls, and delivering information related to such telephonecalls using an Internet
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`United States Patent Application
`Attorney Docket No.: GETFL-01001
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`Protocol (IP) or other data channel while delivering the voice portion ofthe call in accordance
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`with CDMA, GSMorlike voice channel delivery standards.
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`BACKGROUND
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`[0003]
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`The volumeof telephone calls and text messaging has increased dramatically and users
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`are finding it more and moredifficult to manage that volumeofcalls and messages. The current
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`systems to aid in managing sometypes of calls only provide minimalassistance to the user.It is
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`therefore an advantage of some, but not necessarily all, embodiments of the present invention to
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`provide systems and methodsforassisting callers and call recipients with the managementofcalls
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`and messages.
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`[0004]
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`Additional advantages of various embodiments of the invention are set forth, in part,
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`in the description that follows and, in part, will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art
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`from the description and/or from the practice of the invention.
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`United States Patent Application
`Attorney Docket No.: GETFL-01001
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`SUMMARY
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`[0005]
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`Responsiveto the foregoing challenges, Applicant has developed an innovative method
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`of providing telephone service by transmitting call handling information between a handset and a
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`switch using an IP channelor similar protocol channel and by transmitting a voice call associated
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`with the call handling information between the handset and the switch using a voice channel
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`provided in accordance with a voice channel protocol, e.g., in accordance with CDMA or GSM,
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`3G, 4G, LTEorlike future protocol channels standards.
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`[0006]
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`Applicant has further developed an innovative method of providing telephone service
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`comprising: automatically storing electronic information that
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`indicates an association of a
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`secondary telephone number and a primary telephone number with a telephone handset in a
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`computer memory associated with a server; automatically storing electronic information that
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`indicates a selection of call processing rules for the primary telephone numberin the computer
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`memory; automatically storing electronic information that indicates a selection of call processing
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`rules for the secondary telephone number in the computer memory; receiving an electronic
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`indication of an incoming call to the secondary telephone numberat the server, said electronic
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`indication of an incoming call being received from a switch associated with the server;
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`automatically accessing the call processing rules for the secondary telephone number underthe
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`control of the server responsive to the receipt of the electronic indication of the incomingcall to
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`the secondary telephone number; automatically handling the incomingcall in accordance with the
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`accessed call processing rules for the secondary telephone number;
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`transmitting pre-call
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`information via a data channel to the handset under the control of the server, said pre-call
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`information including a bridge telephone number for connecting the handset to the incomingcall
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`at the switch; and receiving, at the server via the data channel, an electronic indication of a
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`United States Patent Application
`Attorney Docket No.: GETFL-01001
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`selection of a call processing rule for handling the incoming call to the secondary telephone
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`number, or establishing a voice channel connection between the handset and the switch as a result
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`of the handset calling the switch using the bridge number.
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`[0007]
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`Applicant has further developed an innovative method of providing telephoneservice,
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`comprising: automatically storing electronic information that
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`indicates an association of a
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`secondary telephone number and a primary telephone number with a telephone handset in a
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`computer memory associated with a server; automatically associating a unique bridge telephone
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`number with each of a plurality of contact
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`telephone numbers in the computer memory;
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`automatically transmitting information that indicates the association of the unique bridge telephone
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`number with each ofa plurality of contact telephone numbersto the handset via the data channel;
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`automatically associating each primary telephone numberandbridge telephone numberpairing
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`with a corresponding secondary telephone numberand contact telephone numberpairing in the
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`computer memory; receiving, at a switch associated with the server, an outgoing call from the
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`handset to the bridge telephone numbervia a voice channel; receiving, at the server, information
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`from the switch indicating the outgoing call is being made to the bridge telephone number from
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`the primary telephone number; receiving, at the switch, information from the server directing the
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`switch to: (a) connect the outgoing call to a contact telephone numberassociated with the primary
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`telephone numberand bridge telephone numberpairing, and (b) identify the telephone number
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`from which the outgoing call is being made as the secondary telephone number.
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`[0008]
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`Applicant has still further developed an innovative method of providing telephone
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`service, comprising: enrolling a telephone handsetin a telecommunications system having a server
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`and a switch, wherein said telephone handset is associated with a primary telephone numberin a
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`database associated with the server and switch; electronically transmitting an application from the
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`United States Patent Application
`Attorney Docket No.: GETFL-01001
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`server to the telephone handset via a data channel responsive to telephone handset enrollment,
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`wherein said application is: adapted to send instructions to have one or more secondary telephone
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`numbers referenced to the primary telephone numberin the database, adapted to present visually
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`perceptible call processing rules on the telephone handset, and adapted to transmit information
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`indicating a selection of call processing rules from the telephone handset
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`to the server;
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`electronically receiving instructions from the telephone handset via the data channel to reference
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`the one or more secondary telephone numbersto the primary telephone number;storing telephone
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`handset information, including the primary telephone number and the one or more secondary
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`telephone numbers referenced to the primary telephone number, in the database; electronically
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`receiving instructions from the telephone handset via the data channel to store user selected call
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`processingrules for the telephone handsetin the database, wherein the userselected call processing
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`rules include instructions to route calls over a voice channel in a mannerthat will indicate that the
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`calls are madeto or from the one or more secondary telephone numbers; electronically transmitting
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`information to the telephone handsetvia the data channel, said information being adapted to cause
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`a pre-call information to be displayed on the telephone handset responsive to initiation of an
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`outgoing call using the one or more secondary telephone numbers or an incomingcall to the one
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`or more secondary telephone numbers; electronically receiving from the telephone handset via the
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`data channel call handling information indicating a user selected call processing rule to be used to
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`process the outgoing or incoming call; and automatically handling the outgoing or incomingcall
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`based on the call handling information.
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`[0009]
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`Applicant has still further developed an innovative method of providing telephone
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`service, comprising: associating a telephone handset with primary and secondary telephone
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`numbers in a database;
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`receiving,
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`from the telephone handset via a data channel, digital
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`United States Patent Application
`Attorney Docket No.: GETFL-01001
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`information indicating primary call processing rules for handling calls to the first telephone
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`number; storing the primary call processing rules digitally; receiving, from the telephone handset
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`via the data channel, digital information indicating secondary call processing rules for handling
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`calls to the secondary telephone number; storing the secondary call processing rules digitally;
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`receiving a call request to the secondary telephone number; transmitting pre-call information to
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`the telephone handset via the data channel responsive to receipt of the call request, wherein said
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`pre-call information is based on the secondary call processing rules; responsive to the pre-call
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`information, receiving information indicative of a user input to the telephone handset overthe data
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`channel; and processing the call based on the stored alternative call processing rules and user input
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`to the telephone handset, wherein said processing includes an option of connecting the call over a
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`voice channel.
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`[0010]
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`It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following
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`detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only andare notrestrictive of the invention as
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`claimed.
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`Attorney Docket No.: GETFL-01001
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`Case 6:22-cv-00031-ADA Document 182-10 Filed 11/28/23 Page 13 of 326
`Case 6:22-cv-00031-ADA Document 182-10 Filed 11/28/23 Page 13 of 326
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`[0011]
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`In order to assist the understanding of this invention, reference will now be madeto the
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`appended drawings, in which like reference characters refer to like elements.
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`[0012]
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`FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a network architecture that may be used to
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`provide telephone service in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
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`[0013]
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`FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a method of providing telephone calls in
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`accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
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`[0014]
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`FIG.3 is a block diagram illustrating data channel and voice channel connections used
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`to provide telephone service in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
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`[0015]
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`FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a method of setting up and connecting an
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`incoming call in accordance with one embodimentof the present invention.
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`[0016]
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`FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a method of setting up and connecting an outgoing
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`call in accordance with one embodimentof the present invention.
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`[0017]
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`FIG.6 is a call sequence diagram illustrating a method of setting up and connecting a
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`conferencecall in accordance with one embodimentof the present invention.
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`Attorney Docket No.: GETFL-01001
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`[0018]
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`Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention,
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`examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that other
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`embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the
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`scope of the present invention.
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`[0019]
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`It should be noted that in connection with the described embodiments, reference is
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`madeto a data channel. A preferred data channel may be an Internet Protocol (IP) channel, which
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`is not a conventional telephone voice channel. However, other data, non-conventional voice,
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`channels over which information may be transmitted between a telephone handset and a server
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`may be used in alternative embodiments of the invention.
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`[0020]
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`With reference to FIG. 1, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented
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`using a system having a server 100, associated computer memory, such as a database 120, and an
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`associated telecommunications switch 110 which communicate through a network with a
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`telephone handset 340. The server 100 may be connected to the database 120 and the switch 110.
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`The server 100 mayalso be connected via the Internet 316 through one or more nodes, such as a
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`Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)322 and a Servicing GPRS Support Node (SGSN)324, to
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`a mobile network 313. The switch 110 may be connected through the PSTN 310 to the mobile
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`network 313 at a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 314. In turn, the MSC 314 maybe connected to
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`a Home Location Register database (HLR) 318, a Visitor Location Register database (312), a
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`Mobile NumberPortability database (MNP) 320, a location server 308, and the SGSN 324. The
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`SGSN 324 may be connected to one or more Radio Network Controllers (RNC) 326 and/or one or
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`more Processor Control Units (PCU) 327, which in turn may be connected to one or more Base
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`Stations (BS) 328 and to one or more mobile devices referred to collectively as "handsets" 340.
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`[0021]
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`The communications between the server 100 and the handset 340 overthe Internet 316
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`may utilize IP as a protocol opposed to protocols used to establish communications according to
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`CDMA,GSM,orlike standards. Such IP governed communicationsare referred to herein as being
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`conducted over a "data channel." Conversely, communications between the switch 110 and the
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`handset over the PSTN 310 may be transmitted and received in accordance with CDMA, GSM or
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`like standards as opposedto using IP. Such CDMA, GSMorlike governed communications, when
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`used to carry voice information, are referred to herein as being conducted over a "voice channel."
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`[0022]
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`With reference to FIGS.
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`1 and 2, method embodiments of the invention may be
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`facilitated starting with step 200 in which a handset 340 may be used to subscribe to 10 the
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`telephone networkthat includes the server 100 and switch 110 used to provide telephone service
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`in accordance with embodiments of the invention. A user may subscribe to the telephone network
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`in step 200 by enrolling the telephone handset 340 using a data channel connection between the
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`handset and the server 100. Responsive to a data channel request received from the handset 340, a
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`handset application may be transmitted to the handset from the server 100, and installed and stored
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`in memory associated with the handset in step 202. Once the handset application is installed on
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`the handset 340, the handset may connect to the server 100 by operation of the handset application
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`as needed over a data channel connection which may include the BS 328, RNC 326 or PCU 327,
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`SGSN 324, GGSN322, and Internet 316.
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`[0023]
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`In connection with step 204, the server 100 may transmit information to the handset
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`340 via the data channel, which, through automatic operation of the handset application, permits
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`the user to select one or more secondary telephone numbersto be referenced to a primary telephone
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`numberfor the handset. The primary telephone number, preferably, may be a SIM number or ESN
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`whichis assignedto the handset 340 at the time of activation. Once selected, the handset 340 may
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