Mobile phone related indirect communication system and method

摘要

An indirect communication system and a method of indirect communication include a mobile phone as either a calling device or receiving device. The mobile phone calls another device to set up a prospective communication, and then uses Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to communicate with the other device over the Internet. The receiving device receives a generated signal notifying the receiving device of a proposed communication with the calling device. A server sets up a meeting point channel after the calling device has connected to the server. The server receives outgoing VoIP packets from the calling device and redirects the outgoing VoIP packets to the receiving device.

主权项

1. An indirect communication system, comprising:
a calling device sending a signal to a receiving device over a first channel; a meeting point channel being generated based on the receiving device; the calling device connecting to the meeting point channel automatically; the receiving device connecting to the meeting point channel automatically in response to the signal from the calling device; the meeting point channel receiving packets from the calling device and redirecting the packets to the receiving device; the calling device and the receiving device reconnecting to the meeting point channel automatically if the connection is lost; and establishing communications between the calling device and the receiving device after the calling device and the receiving device have reconnected to the meeting point channel; comprising further: a plurality of receiving devices; wherein each packet received from the calling device is copied a plurality of times at the meeting point channel, wherein each of the copied packets is redirected to one of the plurality of receiving devices, and wherein if the receiving device declines the communication, the receiving device sends a decline message to the meeting point channel and the meeting point channel relays the decline message to the calling device.