Patent ID: 11889402
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
dynamically switch a proximity detection point from another device to the device, the proximity detection point being a first device that detects a proximity to a second device based on receiving proximity detection signaling from the second device,
wherein dynamically switching the proximity detection point is based on the other device conducting an on-going call to be pulled to the device using a call pull transfer technique that provides call details to the device before the device pulls the on-going call;

receive a first indication of a loss of a proximity detection signal from the other device based on dynamically switching the proximity detection point to the device;
receive, from a network, a second indication of the on-going call being conducted by the other device based on the device and the other device being associated with a same device identifier;
provide, to the network, a call origination request to pull the on-going call to the first device using the call pull transfer technique, the call origination request being based on the first indication of the loss of the proximity detection signal and based on the second indication of the on-going call;
connect with the on-going call based on the call origination request;
conduct the on-going call via the device rather than the other device; and
determine that the proximity detection signal satisfies a signal strength threshold when the device is conducting the on-going call,
wherein the other device does not reconnect with the on-going call when the proximity detection signal satisfies the signal strength threshold based on a user input instructing the other device to not pull the on-going call.