Communication System Integrating Wireless and IP Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication systems fail to provide integrated service over both wireless and IP networks using a single telephone number, limiting access to features like voice mail, call logs, and address books across both networks.
Innovation Solution
A communication system that determines if a shared phone number is associated with both a wireless phone and a packet appliance, allowing simultaneous or separate transfers of communications over wireless and packet networks, enabling integrated voice, messaging, and address book services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a user wants to access integrated communication services over both wireless and IP networks, then service integration and accessibility are improved, but the system complexity and infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a communication system acting as an intermediary between wireless networks and IP networks. This mediator receives communications destined for shared phone numbers, determines whether the user is logged into wireless or IP networks, and routes the communication accordingly. This intermediary approach enables service integration across both networks without requiring direct complex interconnection between them, thus improving adaptability while managing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal communication system that handles multiple types of communications (voice calls, instant messaging, email) across both wireless and IP networks through a single phone number. The system provides multi-functional service integration, allowing users to access voice mail, call logs, and address books regardless of which network they are connected to, thereby improving versatility without requiring separate systems for each network type.
2Ease of operation
If a single telephone number is shared between wireless phone and packet appliance, then ease of operation and user convenience are improved, but network routing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication system serves as a mediator that simplifies the user experience by allowing a single phone number to be shared between wireless phones and packet appliances. The system handles the complex routing logic internally by checking login status on both networks and automatically directing communications to the appropriate network, thus improving ease of operation while managing routing complexity within the system rather than exposing it to users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service routing by automatically determining which network should receive the communication based on login status without requiring user intervention. The communication system autonomously checks whether the user is logged into wireless or IP networks and routes communications accordingly, providing ease of operation through automatic service selection while managing routing complexity through automated decision-making algorithms.
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AI summary
A communication system receives a communication for a phone number and determines if the phone number is shared by a wireless phone and a packet appliance. If the phone number is shared, then the communication system determines if the wireless phone is logged-in to a wireless network and if the packet appliance is logged-in to a packet network. If the wireless phone is logged-in, then the communication system transfers the communication to the wireless network for delivery to the wireless phone. If the packet appliance is logged-in, then the communication system transfers the communication to the packet network for delivery to the packet appliance. The communication may be simultaneously transferred to the wireless network and the packet network if the phone number is shared and the wireless phone and the packet appliance are both logged-in.