Method and system for affinity termination of calls
US5953638A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q3/72
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is directed to affinity termination of telephone calls. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is a telephone switch which can be configured to terminate unanswered calls by paging the called party. Specifically, the telephone switch can be programmed by a user to communicate with specific pagers when unanswered telephone calls from specific calling telephone numbers to specific called telephone numbers are detected.
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