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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2011
Talat Jamshidi, Leawood, KS (US);
Jay Douglas Cole, Overland Park, KS (US);
Wen Xue, Overland Park, KS (US);
Talat Jamshidi, Leawood, KS (US);
Jay Douglas Cole, Overland Park, KS (US);
Wen Xue, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for selective use of a packet voice trigger in a wireless access network. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a call request for a call from a wireless device. The method further provides determining a location of the wireless device and processing an identifier for the wireless device to retrieve a device profile for the wireless device. If the device profile indicates that a trigger should be used for packet voice communications, then the method provides determining whether the trigger should be disarmed based on a quantity of the plurality of different access networks available to the wireless device at the location. If the trigger is armed, transfer the call request for delivery to the packet voice server to set up the call and, if not, process the call request in the wireless access network to set up the call.