Method and system for providing telephony services

US8644473B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ernst & Young U.S. LLP · US

Inventors

• Robert Bardwell · Strongsville, US
• Steven N. Large · West Palm Beach, US
• A. Brent Summers · Louisville, US
• Jeffrey E. Chulick · Ashburn, US
• Craig Thrall · Marshfield, US
• Scott Hallock · Longmont, US
• Tom Bamert · Hoboken, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M3/42263
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for directing calls placed to a telephone number associated with a user according to a reservation identifying the user, a workspace, and a start time. The method includes acts of receiving a first message from a telephone device located at the workspace in response to a first input at the telephone device on or after the start time, retrieving the reservation from a reservation database in response to receiving the first message, sending a second message to the telephone device based at least in part on a portion of the reservation identifying the user, receiving a third message sent in response to a second input at the telephone device, the third message including an identifier of the telephone device, retrieving the telephone number associated with the user from a user database, and directing calls placed to the telephone number associated with the user to the telephone device.