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System for customer configuration of call routing in a telecommunications network

US5734709A · kind A · utility

101Cited by
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30Claims
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Filing dateFeb 10, 1995
Grant dateMar 31, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/00
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a telecommunications network operable for routing calls such as 800 calls, to a plurality of customer destinations, a system allows the customer to configure the routing of calls by entering selected call routing criteria such as a call-routing map associated with a time frame for implementation thereof included as part of an overall routing plan. The routing map includes the desired allocation of calls placed from a customer defined origination region to selected ones of the customer's call receiving destinations. Using the customer supplied criteria, the system then composes a set of call-handling statements, also called time features, which the network then compiles into an executable routing scheme for translating the dialed number into the physical number associated with the selected customer destination.

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