Patent ID: 7076251
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for delivering one or more features in a network environment, comprising: an Internet protocol (IP) private branch exchange (PBX) operable to receive a request from selected one of a communication device and a mobile station, the request being used to establish a communication session that implicates the mobile station, the IP PBX responding to the request by signaling to a cellular data network that a call is being initiated that involves the mobile station, wherein the IP PBX is operable to exchange signaling information with a voice gateway after receiving the request such that one or more voice circuits are established by the voice gateway in order to accommodate voice data that may propagate between the communication device and the mobile station, and wherein a signaling pathway is established between the IP PBX and the mobile station via the cellular data network in response to the request, the establishment of the signaling pathway being substantially concurrent with the establishment of one or more of the voice circuits such that one or more features associated with a private network are delivered to the mobile station during the communication session, the mobile station being coupled to a first pathway, which is used for signaling data, and a second pathway, which is different from the first pathway and which is used for voice data, the features being enabled by a feature server that is coupled to the IP PBX and that is operable to deliver the features to the mobile station in real-time.