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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Lee N. Goodman, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
Rafael Andres Gaviria Velez, Medford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Lee N. Goodman, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
Rafael Andres Gaviria Velez, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 65/1083 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04L 65/1096 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) docking station includes a docking port configured to physically dock with a mobile device, and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port coupled to a hands free device. The VoIP docking station further includes a processing unit configured to receive signaling via the USB port, and determine an on-hook or off-hook status of the hands free device based on the signaling.