System and method for routing a call to a called party's landline or wireless communication unit
First Claim
1. A method for routing a call to a called party'"'"'s landline or wireless communication unit, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) automatically determining an availability of a called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit;
then (b) automatically routing a call to a called party'"'"'s landline communication unit in response to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit being determined unavailable in step (a); and
(c) automatically routing the call to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit in response to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit being determined available in step (a).
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for routing a call to a called party'"'"'s landline or wireless communication unit based on the availability of the wireless communication unit. A call placed to a called party'"'"'s landline communication unit is routed to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit if the wireless communication unit is determined available, otherwise, the call is routed to the called party'"'"'s landline communication unit. Unlike past attempts to facilitate communication with a called party having wireless and landline communication units, these preferred embodiments operate automatically (without called party intervention) before a call is terminated at the landline communication unit and are responsive to the availability of the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit. Further, there preferred embodiments do not rely on complex, pre-determined hunting sequences or expensive adjunct customer premises equipment.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for routing a call to a called party'"'"'s landline or wireless communication unit, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) automatically determining an availability of a called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit;
then(b) automatically routing a call to a called party'"'"'s landline communication unit in response to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit being determined unavailable in step (a); and
(c) automatically routing the call to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit in response to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit being determined available in step (a). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for routing a call to a called party'"'"'s landline or wireless communication unit, said system comprising:
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first means for automatically determining an availability of a called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit;
second means for automatically routing a call to a called party'"'"'s landline communication unit in response to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit being determined unavailable; and
third means for automatically routing the call to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit in response to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit being determined available.
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15. A system for routing a call to a landline or wireless communication unit, said system comprising:
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a service control point operative to automatically determine an availability of said wireless communication unit in response to a query; and
a signal switching point coupled with the service control point, the signal switching point being operative to send said query to the service control point, automatically route a call to said landline communication unit in response to said wireless communication unit being determined unavailable, and automatically route a call to said wireless communication unit in response to said wireless communication unit being determined available. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for routing a call to a called party'"'"'s landline or wireless communication unit, the computer readable program code comprising:
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first computer readable program code for automatically determining an availability of a called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit;
second computer readable program code for automatically routing a call to a called party'"'"'s landline communication unit in response to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit being determined unavailable; and
third computer readable program code for automatically routing the call to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit in response to the called party'"'"'s wireless communication unit being determined available.
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