Patent ID: 8180334
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing signaling in a network environment, comprising: a mobile station operable to: receive an existing call anchored by a mobility application in an enterprise network; select a caller ID for the existing call, the caller ID comprising a uniquely identifying number, the caller ID being unique to the existing call to distinguish to the mobility application the existing call from a new call to the mobile station, the existing call and the new call anchored by the same mobility application, the caller ID allowing the mobility application to communicate a command of a private branch exchange (PBX) feature that applies to the existing call but not the new call in a caller ID segment of the caller ID; send the caller ID to the mobility application; receive the new call over a cellular network and anchored by the same mobility application as the existing call, the new call including the caller ID segment and the caller ID, the caller ID segment comprising the command of the PBX feature for the existing call, the caller ID uniquely identifying the existing call; and facilitate execution of the command of the PBX feature for the existing call but not the new call.