Patent ID: 8971315
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for initiating a telephone call at an information handling system, the method comprising: detecting a predetermined data allocation state associated with a wireless wide area network (WWAN) account of the information handling system, the WWAN account having a WWAN telephone number; detecting a request for a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone call associated with the information handling system, the VoIP call associated with a VoIP account having a VoIP telephone number; and reconfiguring the VoIP telephone call to initiate as a WWAN telephone call associated with the information handling system; wherein the WWAN telephone call has reduced impact on the data allocation state relative to the VoIP telephone call when placed through the WWAN; tracking data usage for the WWAN account at a VoIP server; determining that the data usage for the WWAN account is within a predetermined amount of exhaustion of the data allocation; and in response to determining, forwarding VoIP telephone calls associated with the WWAN account from the VoIP server to the WWAN telephone number.