Granted Patent B2

US 8,102,979 · App. 11/622,222 · Granted Jan 24, 2012

Assignee: Momentum Telecom, Inc.

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. A method of accessing a plurality of features of a second telecommunication system from a first telecommunication system comprising:

receiving a telephone call from a first calling party on the second telecommunication system from a first device having a first telephone number, wherein the second telecommunication system is a Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) computer telephony system;

determining whether the first telephone number is a stored authorized number in the VoIP system; and

if the first telephone number is the stored authorized number, providing access to the plurality of features;

wherein the telephone call is initiated by dialing a subscriber telephone number corresponding to a subscriber device that is assigned to a subscriber to the VoIP system and can be dialed by a calling party over a public switched telephone network (PSTN);

wherein when the first telephone number is not a stored authorized number, routing the telephone call to the subscriber device;

wherein the providing access comprises waiting a fixed period of time for the first calling party to say a pre-assigned word or enter a pre-defined data to have access to the plurality of features, and if the fixed period of time expires without the calling party saving the pre-assigned word or entering the pre-defined data, automatically routing the telephone call to the subscriber device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first telecommunication system is a cellular telephone system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first telecommunication system is a Voice over Internet protocol computer telephony system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first telecommunication system is a public switched telephone network.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of features comprise accessing content from the Internet.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of features comprise transferring the call to a second telephone number.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: if the first telephone number is not the stored authorized number, coupling the first device to a second device associated with a second telephone number dialed by the first device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing access to the plurality of features comprises coupling the first device to a speech recognition system.

9. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to access a plurality of features of a second telecommunication system from a first telecommunication system by:

receiving a telephone call from a first calling party on the second telecommunication system from a first device having a first telephone number, wherein the second telecommunication system is a Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) computer telephony system;

determining whether the first telephone number is a stored authorized number in the VoIP system; and

if the first telephone number is the stored authorized number, providing access to the plurality of features;

wherein the telephone call is initiated by dialing a subscriber telephone number corresponding to a subscriber device that is assigned to a subscriber to the VoIP system and can be dialed by a calling party over a public switched telephone network (PSTN);

wherein when the first telephone number is not a stored authorized number, routing the telephone call to the subscriber device;

wherein the providing access comprises waiting a fixed period of time for the first calling party to say a pre-assigned word or enter a pre-defined data to have access to the plurality of features, and if the fixed period of time expires without the calling party saving the pre-assigned word or entering the pre-defined data, automatically routing the telephone call to the subscriber device.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of features comprise accessing content from the Internet.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of features comprise transferring the call to a second telephone number.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , said instructions further causing said processor to: if the first telephone number is not the stored authorized number, coupling the first device to a second device associated with a second telephone number dialed by the first device.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein providing access to the plurality of features comprises coupling the first device to a speech recognition system.

14. A system for accessing a plurality of features of a second telecommunication system from a first telecommunication system comprising:

means for receiving a telephone call from a first calling party on the second telecommunication system from a first device having a first telephone number, wherein the second telecommunication system is a Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) computer telephony system;

means for determining whether the first telephone number is a stored authorized number in the VoIP system; and

if the first telephone number is the stored authorized number, means for providing access to the plurality of features;

wherein the telephone call is initiated by dialing a subscriber telephone number corresponding to a subscriber device that is assigned to a subscriber to the VoIP system and can be dialed by a calling party over a public switched telephone network (PSTN);

wherein when the first telephone number is not a stored authorized number, routing the telephone call to the subscriber device;

wherein the providing access comprises waiting a fixed period of time for the first calling party to say a pre-assigned word or enter a pre-defined data to have access to the plurality of features, and if the fixed period of time expires without the calling party saying the pre-assigned word or entering the pre-defined data, automatically routing the telephone call to the subscriber device.

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