Method and apparatus for addressee location
First Claim
1. A method of locating an addressee for a call on a private telephone branch exchange wherein an extension telephone of the private branch exchange is allotted to the addressee, said method comprising the steps of:
- registering the identification of the present location of the addressee by performing a predetermined dialling operation from an extension telephone, other than the extension telephone allotted to the addressee, within the area covered by said private branch exchange;
storing in a memory the identification of the registered location of the addressee;
transferring to a switchboard any call directed to the extension telephone allotted to the addressee; and
indicating at the switchboard the identification of the registered location of the addressee as stored in the memory.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus used with a private branch exchange for addressee location. An addressee notifies of his or her peresent location by a predetermined dialling operation from an extension telephone, other than an extension telephone allotted to him or her within the private branch exchange system, whereupon a switchboard of the system stores the location of the addressee in association with the extension telephone from which the notification was made. Upon arrival of an incoming call for the extension telephone allotted to the addressee, the switchboard transfers the call to a switchboard operation device which displays the addressee'"'"'s location. The apparatus further comprises a character display section, the switchboard operation device adatped to operate the switchboard of the PBX system, a memory unit for storing the location name for each extension telephone connected to the switchboard and a profile of each specific addressee, an input unit for entering into the memory unit the location name of each extension telephone and the profile of each addressee, and a switchboard control unit which, upon a predetermined dialling operation by an addressee from an extension telephone other than the one allotted to hime or her, stores the addressee'"'"'s location at that time point in the memory unit, and if a call arrives for the extension telephone allotted to the addressee under this condition, transfers the call to the switchboard operation unit while at the same time indicating the addressee'"'"'s present location on the switchboard operation unit.
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1. A method of locating an addressee for a call on a private telephone branch exchange wherein an extension telephone of the private branch exchange is allotted to the addressee, said method comprising the steps of:
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registering the identification of the present location of the addressee by performing a predetermined dialling operation from an extension telephone, other than the extension telephone allotted to the addressee, within the area covered by said private branch exchange; storing in a memory the identification of the registered location of the addressee; transferring to a switchboard any call directed to the extension telephone allotted to the addressee; and indicating at the switchboard the identification of the registered location of the addressee as stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An addressee locating apparatus for a private telephone branch exchange, comprising:
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switchboard means, including a character display section; memory means adapted to store the identification of the location of each extension telephone of said private branch exchange and a profile of each of a plurality of specific addressees; input means adapted to input the identification of the location of each extension telephone of said private branch exchange and the profile of each of said plurality of addressees to said memory means for storage therein; and switchboard control means responsive to a predetermined dialling operation from an extension telephone, other than an extension telephone allotted to an addressee, for inputting to said memory means an identification of the present location of the addressee for storage therein, transferring a call directed to the extension telephone allotted to the addressee to said switchboard, and indicating the stored identification of the present location of the addressee on said character display section. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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