US 12,250,339 B2
Method and system for communication control
Kevan Moshayedi, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Quincy, MA (US)
Filed by Granite Telecommunications, LLC, Quincy, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/348,021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/359,576, filed on Jul. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015244 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04M 3/12 (2006.01); H04M 1/72418 (2021.01); H04M 3/51 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/12 (2013.01) [H04M 1/72418 (2021.01); H04M 3/5116 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for communication control, the computer-implemented method comprising, by a relay agent:
receiving a telephone call from a plain old telephone service (POTS) device, the telephone call comprising a telephone number corresponding to a destination device;
responsive to receiving the telephone call and prior to providing answer signaling for the received telephone call to the POTS device, establishing a telephonic head-start connection between a proxy agent and the destination device, establishing the telephonic head-start connection including:
providing a ringing tone to the POTS device, the ringing tone indicating that (i) an attempt to connect the telephone call is being made and (ii) an attempt to establish the telephonic head-start connection between the proxy agent and the destination device is being made;
establishing a private network connection between the relay agent and the proxy agent;
transmitting, via the established private network connection, the telephone number to the proxy agent; and
receiving, via the established private network connection, a message from the proxy agent, the message indicating that the telephonic head-start connection has been established between the proxy agent and the destination device;
responsive to establishing the telephonic head-start connection, utilizing the established private network connection to create a real-time telephonic connection between the POTS device and the destination device by providing the answer signaling for the received telephone call to the POTS device;
monitoring transmissions on the real-time telephonic connection between the POTS device and the destination device to identify one or more errors in a given transmission; and
correcting the one or more errors in the given transmission.