UNIVERSAL POINT OF CONTACT IDENTIFIER SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method of delivering a package to a person'"'"'s preferred mailing address, the person having a universal point of contact identifier, and the package being addressed with the person'"'"'s universal point of contact identifier, the method comprising:
- inputting the person'"'"'s universal point of contact identifier into an initiating device, wherein the person'"'"'s universal point of contact identifier is different from the person'"'"'s preferred mailing address;
receiving, in response to inputting the person'"'"'s universal point of contact identifier, the preferred mailing address that has been designated as a preferred delivery address; and
delivering the package to the preferred mailing address.
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Abstract
A subscriber to a universal point of contact service designates a preferred point of contact at which a communication initiator, such as a telephone caller, can contact the subscriber. Such an initiator desiring to contact the subscriber uses the subscriber'"'"'s email address to establish a communication session with a device associated with the subscriber'"'"'s preferred point of contact. The subscriber'"'"'s email address is input to an initiating device, preferably a telephone or facsimile machine, using an entry device capable of entering an email address. A requestor unit, receiving the email address, locates a repository of the subscriber'"'"'s point of contact information, and requests that information. The repository sends the point of contact information the subscriber has designated as preferred, and the requester unit uses that information to control a telephone switch to establish a communication session between the initiating device and the subscriber'"'"'s preferred point of contact device.
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1. A method of delivering a package to a person'"'"'s preferred mailing address, the person having a universal point of contact identifier, and the package being addressed with the person'"'"'s universal point of contact identifier, the method comprising:
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inputting the person'"'"'s universal point of contact identifier into an initiating device, wherein the person'"'"'s universal point of contact identifier is different from the person'"'"'s preferred mailing address; receiving, in response to inputting the person'"'"'s universal point of contact identifier, the preferred mailing address that has been designated as a preferred delivery address; and delivering the package to the preferred mailing address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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