Method of ringing a call responsive apparatus which answered an immediately preceding incoming call
US5586169A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2015 |
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- 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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