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Associating call appearance with data associated with call

US7180993B2 · kind B2 · utility

41Cited by
77References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 2004
Grant dateFeb 20, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/42059
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A distributed telephone answering system has intelligence distributed to a plurality of workstations. Each workstation may connect to a plurality of long distance telephone networks. Also, each workstation is controlled by a central controller. A central resopurce such as a database of call context information may be accessed by each workstatin. A workstation may support one or more human users.

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