Coordinated transfer of voice and information through a digital switch
First Claim
1. A method of coordinating the transfer of a phone call and information associated with the phone call in a system having a plurality of phones managed by a digital switch, a plurality of display terminals, a host processor, and memory means for storing programs and data structures, the digital switch including memory means for storing programs and a data structure for uniquely identifying each phone by an extension, control means for attaching said plurality of phones and communication means for communicating with the host processor, the host processor having memory means for storing a communication manager, data structures and applications programs and communication means for communicating with the digital switch and the plurality of display terminals, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) sending the host processor a communication in response to a call transfer, said communication containing a source phone extension and a destination phone extension;
(b) receiving said communication by the communication manager of the host processor;
(c) processing said communication and determining an associated application program and an associated display terminal to link with said destination extension; and
(d) invoking said associated application program to communicate with said associated display terminal to display information associated with said call transfer.
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Abstract
In many business applications, data about a client is created and entered on an agent'"'"'s data terminal during a teleconference with the client. Often, it is necessary to transfer the client to a specialist during the course of the conversation. This invention describes a method of transferring the call and the data terminal information associated with the call to any available phone extension with an associated data terminal. A Computerized Branch Exchange (CBX) is used to transfer the call and pass a host program the phone source extension and the destination extension for the transfer. The host program looks up the source and destination extensions in a phone to terminal file and determines the network address of the data terminals involved and transfers the appropriate host application terminal display to invoke a transfer of display information. The host application sends the data terminal information to the destination data terminal display in conjunction with the transferred phone call.
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1. A method of coordinating the transfer of a phone call and information associated with the phone call in a system having a plurality of phones managed by a digital switch, a plurality of display terminals, a host processor, and memory means for storing programs and data structures, the digital switch including memory means for storing programs and a data structure for uniquely identifying each phone by an extension, control means for attaching said plurality of phones and communication means for communicating with the host processor, the host processor having memory means for storing a communication manager, data structures and applications programs and communication means for communicating with the digital switch and the plurality of display terminals, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) sending the host processor a communication in response to a call transfer, said communication containing a source phone extension and a destination phone extension; (b) receiving said communication by the communication manager of the host processor; (c) processing said communication and determining an associated application program and an associated display terminal to link with said destination extension; and (d) invoking said associated application program to communicate with said associated display terminal to display information associated with said call transfer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for coordinating the transfer of a phone call and information associated with the phone call in a system having a plurality of phones managed by a digital switch, a plurality of display terminals, a host processor, and memory means for storing programs and data structures, the digital switch including memory means for storing programs and a data structure for uniquely identifying each phone by an extension, control means for attaching said plurality of phones and communication means for communicating with the host processor, the host processor having memory means for storing a communication manager, data structures and applications programs and communication means for communicating with the digital switch and the plurality of display terminals, comprising:
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(a) means for sending the host processor a communication in response to a call transfer, said communication containing a source phone extension and a destination phone extension; (b) means for receiving said communication by the communication manager of the host processor; (c) means for processing said communication and determining an associated application program and an associated display terminal to link with said destination extension; and (d) means for invoking said associated application program to communicate with said associated display terminal to display information associated with said call transfer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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