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Method of ringing a call responsive apparatus which answered an immediately preceding incoming call

US5586169A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1995
Grant dateDec 17, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/42229
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of connecting an incoming call to one of a plurality of call responsive apparatus all of which are associated with a single directory number, comprised of determining which one of the call responsive apparatus answered an immediately preceding call, and ringing the one call responsive apparatus as a signal to respond to the incoming call.

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