Patent · US Expired

Telecommunications functions management system providing distinctive alerting based on caller identifier

US6226379A · kind A · utility

23Cited by

30References

35Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Nortel Networks Limited · CA

Inventors

Richard Arthur Swan · Dallas, US
John Wallace Marlow · Raleigh, US
Mendel Lazear Peterson, Jr. · Richardson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 30, 1997
Grant date	May 1, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/725
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The personal communications controller (PCC) may be programmed with a customized service configuration based on which telecommunications functions in connection with multiple telephone terminals are managed. The PCC system is designed to provide enhanced service value to all of the telephone terminals throughout a residence coupled to a single telephone communication line entering the residence. The PCC may provide service differentiation on an individual basis to the telephone terminals and, furthermore, differentiated treatment may be effected on a per telephone call basis. The customized service configuration may be generated using a personal computer from which it is downloaded to the PCC.

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