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Method and apparatus for personal call routing request and handling

US7991141B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jeffrey Blohm · Menlo Park, US
Mark Bernard Hettish · Cary, US
Andrew Mason · Bolton, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2005
Grant date	Aug 2, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2213/13384
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system includes a server including one or more databases for storing one or more handling rules specifying handling of incoming telephone calls; an intermediary routing control unit configured to access the one or more databases responsive to an incoming telephone call and provide the one or more handling rules to a switch control unit for handling routing of the incoming telephone call, said switch control unit being on a signaling path of the incoming telephone call; wherein the server and intermediary routing control unit are external said signaling path.

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