Location-based location service apparatus, and associated method, for routing a call in a telephonic communication system
First Claim
1. In a communication system having a network through which communications are routable to a user positioned to communicate selectably by way of a selected one of a first communication station and at least a second communication station, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating routing of the communications by way of a telephonic call router to the selected one of the first and at least second communication stations, respectively, said apparatus comprising:
- a positioner adapted to receive indications of a location at which the user is positioned, the indications provided to said positioner free of user action, said positioner for automatically identifying at least relative to the first and at least second communication stations, positioning of the user;
a call routing instructor coupled to said positioner, said call routing instructor for instructing the telephonic call router to which of the first and at least second communication stations to route the call, instructions generated by said call routing instructor responsive to identification of the positioning of the user made by said positioner.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to facilitate routing of a telephone call originated at an originating station to a designated telephonic station. The designated telephonic station is designated responsive to the location at which the intended called party is positioned. Positioning indicia is determined and stored, automatically, without intervention by the party to whom the call is placed. The location information is stored at a location server that is accessed and used to select the designated telephonic station according to instructions maintained at a call routing instructor.
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20 Claims
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1. In a communication system having a network through which communications are routable to a user positioned to communicate selectably by way of a selected one of a first communication station and at least a second communication station, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating routing of the communications by way of a telephonic call router to the selected one of the first and at least second communication stations, respectively, said apparatus comprising:
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a positioner adapted to receive indications of a location at which the user is positioned, the indications provided to said positioner free of user action, said positioner for automatically identifying at least relative to the first and at least second communication stations, positioning of the user;
a call routing instructor coupled to said positioner, said call routing instructor for instructing the telephonic call router to which of the first and at least second communication stations to route the call, instructions generated by said call routing instructor responsive to identification of the positioning of the user made by said positioner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20)
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16. In a method of communicating in a communication system having a network through which communications are routable to a user positioned to communicate selectably by way of a selected one of a first communication station and at least a second communication station, an improvement of a method for facilitating routing of the communications by way of a telephonic call router to the selected one of the first and at least second communication stations, respectively, said method comprising:
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automatically identifying at least relative to the first and at least second communication stations, positioning of the user; and
instructing, responsive to identifications made during said operation of automatically identifying the telephonic call router to which of the first and at least second communication stations to which to route the communications. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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