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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2006
Applicant:

Jack Jachner, Lexington, MA (US);

Inventor:

Jack Jachner, Lexington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04M 7/12 (2006.01); H04M 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2013.01); H04M 7/06 (2013.01); H04M 7/1235 (2013.01); H04M 2203/5063 (2013.01); H04M 2207/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is described herein which enables a person to use their mobile phone to establish a voice connection with a central server, then send call control information in-band in the voice channel (via a voice user interface (VUI), digital tone multi-frequency (DTMF) or Multi-Frequency (MF) signaling) to setup a call between a convenient phone (e.g., land-line phone or mobile phone which has a better tariff structure) and one or more destination phone(s). Once the call is setup, the mobile phone can be hung-up to save on mobile connection costs and then a person can use the convenient phone to talk to a person using the destination phone.


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