Simultaneous telephone ring apparatus and method
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1. A method of offering simultaneous ring services for a telephone network, comprising:
- accessing a user telephone line provided by the telephone network, the telephone line having an associated telephone number;
Receiving a telephone call placed to the telephone number on the end user telephone line;
retrieving target telephone numbers associated with the telephone number in response to the telephone call;
calling the target telephone numbers so that telephones associated with the target telephone numbers ring substantially simultaneously; and
transferring the telephone call to the telephone network after a connection is made with one target telephone number among the target telephone numbers.
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Methods and apparatus for a simultaneous ring system. The system is configured to be coupled to the end-user line of the telephone network. In response to receiving an incoming call on the user-line, the simultaneous ring system simultaneously ring target phone numbers associated with the telephone number and transfers the telephone call to the telephone network if a connection to one of the target phone numbers is made. These and other advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed descriptions and studying the various figures of the drawings.
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47 Claims
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1. A method of offering simultaneous ring services for a telephone network, comprising:
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accessing a user telephone line provided by the telephone network, the telephone line having an associated telephone number;
Receiving a telephone call placed to the telephone number on the end user telephone line;
retrieving target telephone numbers associated with the telephone number in response to the telephone call;
calling the target telephone numbers so that telephones associated with the target telephone numbers ring substantially simultaneously; and
transferring the telephone call to the telephone network after a connection is made with one target telephone number among the target telephone numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. An apparatus providing simultaneous ring services for a telephone number associated with an end-user line of a phone network comprising a simultaneous ring system configured to be coupled to the end-user line of the telephone network, the simultaneous ring system configured to simultaneously ring target phone numbers associated with a telephone number and transferring the telephone call to the telephone network if a connection to one of the target phone numbers is made in response to receiving an incoming call on the user-line.
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36. A method of providing simultaneous ring telephone services comprising:
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maintaining a web site on a server accessible over the Internet, the web site configured to assign a primary number to a subscriber in response to a request by the subscriber for simultaneous ring telephone services;
associate one or more target numbers as defined by the subscriber with the primary number, and store the primary number and the target numbers so that the target numbers can be called when a call on the primary number is received. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system configured to provide simultaneous ring telephone services comprising:
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a server configured to be accessible over the Internet and to host a web site, the web site configured to;
assign a primary number to a subscriber in response to a request by the subscriber for simultaneous ring telephone services;
associate one or more target numbers as defined by the subscriber with the primary number, and store in a memory coupled to the server the primary number and the target numbers so that the target numbers can be called when a call on the primary number is received. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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