BRANCH CALLING AND CALLER ID BASED CALL ROUTING TELEPHONE FEATURES
First Claim
1. A method performed by a web-enabled processing system serving as an intelligent interconnection between at least one circuit-switched network and a packet network in a communication network, the circuit-switched network comprising edge switches for routing calls from and to subscribers within a local geographic area and switching facilities for routing calls to other edge switches or other switching facilities local or in other geographic areas, the method for enabling voice communication from a calling party to a called party across both the circuit-switched network and a packet network, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a call originated by the calling party via the packet network, at the web-enabled processing system, the calling party using a communication device to originate the call for the purpose of initiating voice communication, the web-enabled processing system coupled to at least one switching facility of the circuit-switched network, the web-enabled processing system processing the call across the packet network and the circuit-switched network to complete the call to the called party; and
establishing the voice communication between the calling party and the called party after the call is completed, across both the packet network and the circuit-switched network.
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Abstract
A caller ID based call routing feature is described for blocked and non-blocked caller ID'"'"'s. A processing system in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) receives first identifying information for identify the source of a telephone call and associates additional information stored in a memory with the first identifying information. The additional information may be information about the calling party initially downloaded to the memory by a subscriber. Once retrieved from the memory by the processing system, the additional information may then be transmitted to the subscriber via the Internet for display on a monitor or to the subscriber'"'"'s telephone for display on a telephone display. Another feature described is a branch calling feature where the subscriber may program a processing system within the PSTN to forward an incoming call to two or more end units (e.g., telephones) simultaneously. If the call at an end unit is answered, answer supervision signaling is transmitted back to the processing system which then terminates all other calls. The processing system then connects the calling party to the subscriber. The branch calling may be made for any combination of local, long distance, and cellular telephone numbers.
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122 Claims
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1. A method performed by a web-enabled processing system serving as an intelligent interconnection between at least one circuit-switched network and a packet network in a communication network, the circuit-switched network comprising edge switches for routing calls from and to subscribers within a local geographic area and switching facilities for routing calls to other edge switches or other switching facilities local or in other geographic areas, the method for enabling voice communication from a calling party to a called party across both the circuit-switched network and a packet network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call originated by the calling party via the packet network, at the web-enabled processing system, the calling party using a communication device to originate the call for the purpose of initiating voice communication, the web-enabled processing system coupled to at least one switching facility of the circuit-switched network, the web-enabled processing system processing the call across the packet network and the circuit-switched network to complete the call to the called party; and establishing the voice communication between the calling party and the called party after the call is completed, across both the packet network and the circuit-switched network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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29. A method for routing calls from a calling party to a called party performed by a web-enabled processing system serving as an intelligent interconnection between at least one packet network and a circuit-switched network in a communication network, the circuit-switched network comprising edge switches for routing calls from and to subscribers within a local geographic area and switching facilities for routing calls to other edge switches or other switching facilities local or in other geographic areas, the method for enabling voice communication from the calling party to the called party across both the packet network and the circuit-switched network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call originated by the calling party via the packet network, at the web-enabled processing system, the calling party using a communication device to originate the call for the purpose of initiating the voice communication, the web-enabled processing system coupled to at least one switching facility of the circuit-switched network, the web-enabled processing system processing the call across the circuit-switched network and at least one packet network to connect the call to the called party; and establishing the voice communication between the calling party and the called party after the call is connected, across both the packet network and the circuit-switched network. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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38. A method performed by a web-enabled processing system serving as an intelligent interconnection between at least one circuit-switched network and a packet network in a communication network, the circuit-switched network comprising edge switches for routing calls from and to subscribers within a local geographic area and switching facilities for routing calls to other edge switches or other switching facilities local or in other geographic areas, the method for enabling voice communication from a calling party to a called party across both the circuit-switched network and a packet network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call originated by the calling party via the circuit-switched network, at the web-enabled processing system, the calling party using a communication device to originate the call for the purpose of initiating voice communication, the web-enabled processing system coupled to at least one switching facility of the circuit-switched network, the web-enabled processing system processing the call across the circuit-switched network and the packet network to complete the call to the called party; and establishing the voice communication between the calling party and the called party after the call is completed, across both the circuit-switched network and the packet network. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A communication network with an improved architecture comprising a web-enabled processing system serving as an intelligent interconnection between at least one circuit-switched network and a packet network in a communication network, the circuit-switched network comprising edge switches for routing calls from and to subscribers within a local geographic area and switching facilities for routing calls to other edge switches or other switching facilities local or in other geographic areas, the method for enabling voice communication from a calling party to a called party across both the circuit-switched network and a packet network, the communication network comprising:
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an interface capability within the web-enabled processing system for receiving a call originated by the calling party via the packet network, the call originated by the calling party via a communication device for the purpose of initiating voice communication, the web-enabled processing system coupled to at least one switching facility of the circuit-switched network; a call processing capability within the web-enabled processing system for processing the call across the packet network and the circuit-switched network to complete the call to the called party; and a capability within the web-enabled processing system for establishing the voice communication between the calling party and the called party after the call is completed, across both the packet network and the circuit-switched network. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118)
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94. A communication network comprising a web-enabled processing system serving as an intelligent interconnection between at least one circuit-switched network and a packet network in a communication network, the circuit-switched network comprising edge switches for routing calls from and to subscribers within a local geographic area and switching facilities for routing calls to other edge switches or other switching facilities local or in other geographic areas, the method for enabling voice communication from a calling party to a called party across both the circuit-switched network and a packet network, the communication network comprising:
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an interface capability within the web-enabled processing system for receiving a call originated by the calling party via the circuit-switched network, the call originated by the calling party via a communication device for the purpose of initiating voice communication, the web-enabled processing system coupled to at least one switching facility of the circuit-switched network; a call processing capability within the web-enabled processing system for processing the call across the circuit-switched network and at least one packet network to complete the call to the called party; and a capability within the web-enabled processing system for establishing the voice communication between the calling party and the called party after the call is completed, across both the circuit-switched network and the at least one packet network. - View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 119, 120, 121, 122)
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