Methods of automatically rerouting an incoming telephone call placed over a network
First Claim
1. A method of automatically rerouting an incoming telephone call placed over a network and routed to a call receiver device connected to said network, said network presenting switching and call control capabilities to external devices, comprisingreceiving an incoming telephone call signal from said network at said call receiver device connected to said network, said call receiver device being independent of and external to said network,sending an incoming call notification message generated at said call receiver device to one of a plurality of call destination devices connected to said network, said call notification message being provided to and communicated through said network and being received at said one call destination device,sending a response signal generated at said destination device in response to said incoming call notification message to said call receiver device after receiving said incoming call notification message, said response signal being an explicit backward acknowledgement provided to and communicated through said network and being received at said call receiver device, andrerouting said incoming call to one of said plurality of call destination devices, said rerouting being conditioned on receipt of an appropriate said response signal.
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Abstract
A method of rerouting of telephone calls from a call receiver device to a call destination device using incoming call notification messages sent from the call receiver device to the call destination device, respond signals sent from the call destination device to the call receiver device, and calling line identification of the incoming call.
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1. A method of automatically rerouting an incoming telephone call placed over a network and routed to a call receiver device connected to said network, said network presenting switching and call control capabilities to external devices, comprising
receiving an incoming telephone call signal from said network at said call receiver device connected to said network, said call receiver device being independent of and external to said network, sending an incoming call notification message generated at said call receiver device to one of a plurality of call destination devices connected to said network, said call notification message being provided to and communicated through said network and being received at said one call destination device, sending a response signal generated at said destination device in response to said incoming call notification message to said call receiver device after receiving said incoming call notification message, said response signal being an explicit backward acknowledgement provided to and communicated through said network and being received at said call receiver device, and rerouting said incoming call to one of said plurality of call destination devices, said rerouting being conditioned on receipt of an appropriate said response signal.
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13. A method of automatically rerouting an incoming telephone call placed over a network and routed to a call receiver device connected to said network, said network presenting switching and call control capabilities to external devices, comprising
receiving an incoming telephone call signal from said network at said call receiver device connected to said network, said call receiver device being independent of and external to said network, sending a pre-notification message generated at said call receiver device and conveying information as to the nature of the incoming telephone call from said call receiver device to one of a plurality of call destination devices connected to said network, said call prenotification message being provided to and communicated through said network and being received at said one call destination device, deciding by said destination device whether to accept or reject said incoming call based upon said information in said pre-notification message, and rerouting said incoming call to said destination device.
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