Method and apparatus for calendar based call control
US6731732B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S715/963
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides a method and apparatus for an extensible markup language (XML) calendar-telephony interface. The method can include the steps of defining an markup language element having a user defined tag that represents a calendar entry. The markup language element can have attributes which can represent call control instructions or information. The attributes can also be formatted using a markup language format that utilizes user defined tags. The elements and/or attributes can be formatted using XML format. The call control instruction can be provided to a telephony application upon initiation of a call or by request. A calendar application program can be used for maintaining calendar entries which can be stored in a database and made accessible to the telephony call control application. Utilizing call rejection as an illustration, a called party can have an XML formatted calendar entry stored which indicates that no calls are to be received from callers during a specified period except calls from a caller having a particular DN. If a call is initiated by a caller having that particular DN during the specified time period, the telephony application can determine that th…
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