US 10,880,721 C1 (13,402nd)
Mobile gateway
Johan Emil Viktor Björsell, Vancouver (CA); Maksym Sobolyev, Westminster (CA); Pentti Kalevi Huttunen, Vancouver (CA); and Emil Malak, Vancouver (CA)
Filed by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC., Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to VOIP-PAL.COM, INC., Bellevue, WA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,318, Jan. 4, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 10,880,721, issued Dec. 29, 2020, Appl. No. 14/035,806, Sep. 24, 2013.
Application 90/019,318 is a continuation of application No. 13/056,277, filed on Jul. 28, 2009, granted, now 8,630,234, previously published as PCT/CA2009/001062, filed on Jul. 28, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/129,898, filed on Jul. 28, 2008.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Oct. 1, 2026.
Int. Cl. H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/02 (2013.01) [H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-141 is confirmed.
New claims 142-146 are added and determined to be patentable.
1. A method of establishing communications between a wireless device and a destination node of a communications network, the method comprising:
receiving from a user of the wireless device a destination node identifier associated with the destination node;
transmitting an access code request message to an access server, the access code request message including the destination node identifier and a location identifier identifying a geographical location of the wireless device;
receiving an access code reply message from the access server in response to the access code request message, the access code reply message including an access code based on the location identifier in the access code request message, the access code identifying a communications channel on a gateway through which communications between the wireless device and the destination node can be conducted, the access code being distinct from the destination node identifier; and
in response to receiving the access code reply message, causing the wireless device to use the access code received in the access code reply message to initiate communications from the wireless device to the destination node through the channel identified by the access code, wherein the access code is based on the location identifier transmitted in the access code request message and enables the communications to be established from the wireless device to the destination node through the channel on the gateway identified by the access code.
[ 142. The method of claim 1 wherein the access code identifies an Internet Protocol (IP) network address.]
[ 143. The method of claim 1 wherein the access code request message is sent in one message.]
[ 144. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of transmitting an access code request message is completed before the step of receiving an access code reply message begins.]
[ 145. The apparatus of claim 38 wherein said access code identifies an Internet Protocol (IP) network address that was produced based on said location identifier identifying a geographical location of the wireless apparatus.]
[ 146. The method of claim 51 wherein said access code identifies an Internet Protocol (IP) network address.]