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Method of providing location dependent visitor dispatching service

  • US 4,740,788 A
  • Filed: 10/06/1986
  • Issued: 04/26/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing visitor dispatching service in a system comprising a plurality of visitor stations, a data base, a personnel locating system, a data communications network interconnecting said data base with said visitor stations, and a data communications network interconnecting said data base with said personnel locating system, said method comprising the steps of:

  • responsive to changes in the location of a subscriber, storing at said data base information specifying the current location of the subscriber;

    under direct control of said subscriber, storing at said data base information specifying the status of the subscriber for visitor dispatchment while said subscriber is at each location;

    responsive to a visitor indicating at a visitor station a desire to see said subscriber, addressing said data base to examine the stored information specifying the current location of said subscriber;

    responsive to a receipt of said information specifying the current location of said subscriber from said data base, addressing said data base to examine the stored information specifying the status of the subscriber for visitor dispatchment while said subscriber is at said current location; and

    responsive to a receipt of said information specifying the status of the subscriber for visitor dispatchment while said subscriber is at said current location from said data base, dispatching the visitor according to said status information.

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