ADVANCED CALL FORWARDING

• US 20090034708A1
• Filed: 07/31/2007
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Adonailo, Robert S., DeGori, Maria I., Mole, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,199,894 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/211.20
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/38 Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections queuing arrangements H04Q3/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308

Abstract

The present invention advantageously provides a method and system that combines arming and disarming of a security system with activation and deactivation of call forwarding, enabling a single input by an authorized user to alter the state of the security system and to activate or deactivate call forwarding. Further, when changing the state of the security system, a user authorization component determines whether call forwarding should be activated. Hence, forwarding of calls is based on both user criteria and the state of the system. Additionally, the state of call forwarding can be changed by an authorized user via the security system.

Claims

1. A system for changing a state of a security system and a state of a call forwarding feature of a telephone system, comprising:

a control panel associated with the security system, the control panel operable to change the state of the security system in response to a user input; and

an authorization component operable to indicate whether a user has authority to change the state of the call forwarding feature,

wherein when the state of the security system is changed, if the user has authority to change the state of the call forwarding feature, the state of the call forwarding feature is changed.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the authorization component includes an authorization level.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the authorization component is a computer readable medium.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control panel includes a single telephone number to which calls are forwarded when the state of the call forwarding feature is active.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control panel includes a telephone number for an authorized user to which calls are forwarded when the call forwarding state is activated by the authorized user.

6. A method for combining a security system and a call forwarding feature of a telephone system, said method comprising:

changing a state of the security system in response to a request; and

changing a state of the call forwarding feature in accordance with an authorization component of the security system.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the authorization component includes an authorization level.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the authorization component is a computer readable medium.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the control panel includes a single telephone number to which calls are forwarded when the state of the call forwarding feature is active.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the control panel includes a telephone number for an authorized user to which calls are forwarded when the call forwarding state is activated by the authorized user.

11. A system combining a security system and a call forwarding feature of a telephone system, comprising:

a control panel associated with the security system, the control panel operable to change a state of the call forwarding feature in response to a user input; and

an authorization component operable to indicate whether a user has authority to change the state of the call forwarding feature,

wherein if the user has authority to change the state of the call forwarding feature, the state of the call forwarding feature is changed.

12. A method for combining a security system and a call forwarding feature of a telephone system, said method comprising:

determining an authorization component of a user of the security system in response to a request by the user; and

changing a state of the call forwarding feature in response to the request by the user and in accordance with the authorization component.