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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Yihsiu Chen, Middletown, NJ (US);
Mark Jeffrey Foladare, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Kathleen C. Fowler, Wall, NJ (US);
Shelley B. Goldman, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Shaoqing Q. Wang, Middletown, NJ (US);
Roy Philip Weber, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Robert S. Westrich, Middletown, NJ (US);
Aleksandr Zelezniak, Matawan, NJ (US);
Yihsiu Chen, Middletown, NJ (US);
Mark Jeffrey Foladare, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Kathleen C. Fowler, Wall, NJ (US);
Shelley B. Goldman, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Shaoqing Q. Wang, Middletown, NJ (US);
Roy Philip Weber, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Robert S. Westrich, Middletown, NJ (US);
Aleksandr Zelezniak, Matawan, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing PBX-like functionality at a mobile location includes the capability of maintaining a network session with a mobile number associated with a remote worker. The system utilizes a remote office platform interposed between a data communications network and a conventional PBX switch. A remotely located individual (such as a telecommuter) 'logs in' to the remote office platform and, once the individual is authenticated, PBX-like communication with the mobile device is established. If the device is a computer-enabled device and includes a display, the platform can enable a graphical user interface emulating a PBX station set to the device. Alternatively, the remote worker can enter either spoken commands or series of DTMF sequences to utilize the PBX-like features. For these applications, the remote office platform includes a speech recognition module and a translation table for converting a sequence of DTMF tones into a PBX-like call feature (e.g., transfer, hold, mute, etc.).