Telephony system and a method of operating same
First Claim
1. A telephony system including:
- a plurality of telephone sets;
at least one data processing apparatus; and
means adapted to detect the occurrence of location-related events relating to a plurality of users of said system;
wherein said at least one data processing apparatus is adapted to assess, on the basis of occurrence of said location-related events, the respective probability of at least one of said users being in the vicinity of each of said plurality of telephone sets;
characterized in further including data storage means stored with a list of callers, each associated with said at least one of said plurality of users of said system.
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Abstract
A telephony system (100) is disclosed as including a number of telephone sets (116a-116f), a home server (110), a fingerprint scanner (102), a keypad (104), a smart card reader (106), and such other identification devices which are adapted to detect the occurrence of location-related events relating to users of the system (100), and the home server (110) is adapted to assess, on the basis of occurrence of the location-related events, the respective probability of the users being in the vicinity of each of the telephone sets (116a-116f). There is also disclosed a method of operating a telephony system (100), including providing a number of telephone sets (116a-116f); providing a home server (110); detecting the occurrence of location-related events relating to users of the system (100 ); and assessing the respective probability of the users being in the vicinity of each of the telephone sets (116a-116f).
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14 Claims
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1. A telephony system including:
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a plurality of telephone sets;
at least one data processing apparatus; and
means adapted to detect the occurrence of location-related events relating to a plurality of users of said system;
wherein said at least one data processing apparatus is adapted to assess, on the basis of occurrence of said location-related events, the respective probability of at least one of said users being in the vicinity of each of said plurality of telephone sets;
characterized in further including data storage means stored with a list of callers, each associated with said at least one of said plurality of users of said system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of operating a telephony system, including providing a plurality of telephone sets;
- providing at least one date processing apparatus;
detecting the occurrence of location-related events relating to a plurality of users of said system; and
assessing the respective probability of at least one of said users being in the vicinity of each of said plurality of telephone sets;
characterized in providing a list of caller-related data associated with a plurality of callers, each caller being associated with one of said plurality of users of said system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- providing at least one date processing apparatus;
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