Methods and systems for delivering signals from cable networks to telecommunications networks
Methods and systems are disclosed for delivering electrical signals from a cable network to a telecommunications network. The electrical signals are received from a community antenna television network and communicated via the telecommunications network. The telecommunications network may then communicate those electrical signals to end-users and to customers. Because the electrical signals may include video, music, data, and other cable content, this cable content is communicated along the telecommunications network and, thus, distributed to an end user.
1. A base station system, comprising:
an antenna;
a processor; and
a memory device storing instructions which, responsive to being executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving, from a wireless application gateway, wireless markup language messages, wherein the wireless mark-up language messages are received by the wireless application gateway from a communications server via a data network, wherein the wireless markup language messages comprise content formatted by the communications server, wherein the content is received by the communications server from a headend of a community antenna television network via a satellite link;
transmitting, via the antenna, the wireless mark-up language messages via a wireless data network to a mobile device; and
processing a dual-tone multi-frequency signal received via the wireless data network from the mobile device, the dual-tone multi-frequency signal input by a user of the mobile device, the input indicating declining receipt of the wireless mark-up language messages transmitted by the base station system.
2. The base station system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the wireless mark-up language messages via a mobile telephone switching office.
3. The base station system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the content by the communications server via switching equipment in a telecommunications network.
4. The base station system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the wireless mark-up language messages via a Public Switched Telephone Network.
5. The base station system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise communicating the wireless mark-up language messages utilizing an Internet Protocol address associated with the data network.
6. The base station system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise formatting the wireless markup language messages utilizing a voice extensible mark-up language protocol.
7. The base station system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise ceasing transmission of the wireless mark-up language messages in response to the dual-tone multi-frequency signal.
8. The base station system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the content by the switching equipment via a server co-located at a central office with the switching equipment.
9. The base station system of claim 8 , wherein the switching equipment utilizes a packet-based soft-switch.
10. A method comprising:
receiving, by a system including a processor, content via a feed connected to a headend of a community antenna television network;
formatting, by the system, the content into wireless markup language messages;
sending, by the system, the wireless mark-up language messages via a data network to a wireless application gateway for wireless transmission from a base station; and
receiving, by the system, a dual-tone multi-frequency signal transmitted from a mobile device via the data network, the dual-tone multi-frequency signal input by a user of the mobile device to decline receipt of the wireless mark-up language messages wirelessly transmitted via the data network from the base station.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein receiving the content comprises receiving at least one of video, audio, and a combination thereof.
12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising ceasing, by the system, the wireless transmission of the wireless mark-up language messages in response to the dual-tone multi-frequency signal.
13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising formatting the wireless markup language messages utilizing a voice extensible markup language protocol.
14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving the content via switching equipment in a telecommunications network.
15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving the wireless markup language messages via a mobile telephone switching office.
16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising receiving the content via a server co-located at a central office with the switching equipment.
17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving content via a feed connected to a headend of a community antenna television network;
formatting the content into wireless markup language messages;
sending the wireless mark-up language messages via a data network to a wireless application gateway for wireless transmission from a base station to a mobile device; and
ceasing the wireless transmission of the wireless mark-up language messages in response to a dual-tone multi-frequency signal generated at the mobile device, the dual-tone multi-frequency signal input by a user of the mobile device to decline receipt of the wireless markup language messages.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise formatting the wireless markup language messages utilizing a voice extensible markup language protocol.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the content via switching equipment in a telecommunications network.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the content via a server co-located at a central office with the switching equipment.