Kenneth J Geisheimer

US Patent:

20100136980, Jun 3, 2010

Filed:

Jun 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/495444

Inventors:

ROGER D. LINQUIST - DALLAS TX, US
MALCOLM M. LORANG - DALLAS TX, US
RONALD UNGER - DALLAS TX, US
KENNETH J. GEISHEIMER - PLANO TX, US
SHIANG YUENG FENG - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. - RICHARDSON TX

International Classification:

H04W 40/00
H04W 4/12
H04L 12/66

US Classification:

455445, 455466, 370352

Abstract:

A group call conferencing system and method is disclosed wherein a call to a Virtual Home Phone (VHP) number is processed by a Virtual Home Phone Session Control Function (VHPSCF) to ring all family or group member mobile phones. Any family member can answer the call through a conference bridge set up by the VHPSCF and other family members can participate in the call before the call ends by connecting to the conference bridge.