Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for scheduling a telephone call

US5872841A · kind A · utility

143Cited by

16References

38Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Neal J. King · Munich, DE
Michael Sassin · San Jose, US
Jackson Hsi Yung Chow · San Jose, US
Eli Jacobi · Palo Alto, US
Matthew T. Dean · Campbell, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 1996
Grant date	Feb 16, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2203/2072
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A calendar system within a telephone system includes an interface for obtaining information from a calling party, calendar data which includes a calendar for a called party, and an agent. The agent, in response to a request to schedule a telephone call with the called party, searches the calendar of the called party to determine an available slot for the telephone call. After confirming that the available slot for the telephone call is acceptable to the calling party, the agent schedules the telephone call in the available slot of the calendar for the called party.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.