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

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
dynamically switching, by a first device, a proximity detection point from a second device to the first device, the proximity detection point being a device that detects a proximity to another device based on receiving proximity detection signaling from the other device,
wherein dynamically switching the proximity detection point is based on the second device conducting an on-going call to be pulled to the first device using a call pull transfer technique that provides call details to the first device before the first device pulls the on-going call;

receiving, by the first device, a proximity detection signal from the second device in response to dynamically switching the proximity detection point to the first device;
receiving, by the first device and from a network, an indication of the on-going call being conducted by the second device;
providing, by the first device and 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 receiving the proximity detection signal and based on the indication of the on-going call;
connecting, by the first device, with the on-going call based on the call origination request;
conducting the on-going call via the first device rather than the second device; and
determining that the proximity detection signal fails to satisfy a signal strength threshold when the first device is conducting the on-going call,
wherein the second device does not reconnect with the on-going call when the proximity detection signal fails to satisfy the signal strength threshold based on a user input instructing the second device to not pull the on-going call.