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Method for returning inbound calls

US5627884A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 26, 1995
Grant dateMay 6, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 26, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q3/72
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Caller information is automatically taken from a caller on hold, the call disconnected and the call returned at the time when the caller would have been serviced had the caller stayed on hold. The caller's number is verified and either DTMF or verbal extension information is used to reconnect the call.

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