UNIFIED MESSAGING/CALL ROUTING CONFIGURATION USING PALMTOP COMPUTER
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Abstract
A method of routing telephone calls, emails and faxes using a palmtop computer. Using a date book forming a part of a personal information manager application of a palmtop computer, the user enters an appointment into the date book. Such an appointment has a starting and an ending time. The user then selects (either at the time of entry of the appointment or after receipt of an alarm reminder of the appointment) a destination telephone number for routing of telephone calls between the starting time and the ending time. This selection can be in the form of a menu selection of a predetermined profile for routing telephone calls. The palmtop computer then sends a representation of the destination telephone number, the starting time and the ending time to a telephone call server (and/or email server and/or fax server), so that the telephone call server routes telephone calls to the destination telephone number between the starting time and the ending time.
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42 Claims
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23. A method of controlling routing of telephone calls and communication using an electronic device comprising:
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entering calendar appointment information including an appointment time and a routing profile identifier into the electronic device; and
sending the calendar appointment information to a telephone server, the telephone server having access to a data record that relates the routing profile identifier with a routing profile;
wherein the routing profile includes instructions as to how to route calls directed to a preset telephone number during the appointment time. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An electronic device comprising:
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a communication link to a telephone server;
a visual display; and
a processor adapted to;
execute a calendar program providing a first user interface on the visual display that enables a user to enter appointment information including an appointment time and a routing profile identifier;
send the appointment information to the telephone server over the communication link;
wherein the telephone server has access to a data record that relates the routing profile identifier with a routing profile including instructions as to how to incoming calls directed to a preset telephone number during the appointment time. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer readable medium having stored instructions that when executed on a processor implement a method of controlling routing of telephone calls and communication using an electronic device, the method comprising:
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entering a calendar appointment information including an appointment time and a routing profile identifier into the electronic device; and
sending the calendar appointment information to a telephone server, the telephone server having access to a data record that relates the routing profile identifier with a routing profile;
wherein the routine profile includes instructions as to how to route calls directed to a preset telephone number during the appointment time. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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