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Method and system for affinity termination of calls

US5953638A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1995
Grant dateSep 14, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 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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