Mobile log-in capability featuring fixed physical (terminal-dependent) translations and portable logical (user-dependent) translations
First Claim
1. In a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of user terminals and terminal translations that define attributes of the individual terminals, a method of facilitating use of the individual terminals by a plurality of different users, comprising the steps of:
- associating physical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are independent of users of the terminal, with the corresponding terminals;
associating logical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are dependent on the users of the terminal, with the corresponding users, some of the users having different associated logical translations than others of the users;
logging on any one of the users at any one of the terminals; and
in response to the logging on, using the physical translations associated with the one terminal and the logical translations associated with the one logged on user to perform call processing for telecommunications which involve the one terminal.
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Abstract
In a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of user terminals and terminal translations that define attributes of the individual terminals, shared use of the terminals by a plurality of users, or use by a user of different ones of the terminals at different times, is facilitated. Each terminal'"'"'s physical translations, which include for each terminal those attributes that are independent of the users of the terminal and which include a physical extension number, are associated with the corresponding terminals. Each terminal'"'"'s default terminal translations, which include for each terminal those attributes that are dependent on the users of the terminal and which include a call-coverage path, also are associated with the corresponding terminals. Each user'"'"'s logical translations, which include for each user those attributes that are independent of the terminals used by the user and which include a logical extension number and a call-coverage path, are associated with the corresponding users. Prior to a user logging on at a terminal, call processing uses the terminal'"'"'s associated physical and default terminal translations to process calls originating at the terminal or addressed to the terminal, and redirects calls addressed to the user to the call-coverage path specified in the user'"'"'s logical translations. Subsequent to a user logging on at a terminal, call processing uses the terminal'"'"'s associated physical translations and the user'"'"'s associated logical translations to process calls originating at the terminal or addressed to the user, and continues to use the terminal'"'"'s associated physical and default terminal translations to process calls addressed to the terminal.
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34 Claims
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1. In a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of user terminals and terminal translations that define attributes of the individual terminals, a method of facilitating use of the individual terminals by a plurality of different users, comprising the steps of:
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associating physical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are independent of users of the terminal, with the corresponding terminals; associating logical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are dependent on the users of the terminal, with the corresponding users, some of the users having different associated logical translations than others of the users; logging on any one of the users at any one of the terminals; and in response to the logging on, using the physical translations associated with the one terminal and the logical translations associated with the one logged on user to perform call processing for telecommunications which involve the one terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of ports for interfacing user terminals to the system and terminal translations that define attributes that are assigned to corresponding ports, a method of facilitating use of the individual ports a by plurality of different users, comprising the steps of:
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associating physical translations, comprising for each port those terminal translations that are independent of users of the terminal which is interfaced by the port, with the corresponding ports; associating logical translations, comprising for each port those terminal translations that are dependent on the users of the terminal which is interfaced by the port, with the corresponding users, some of the users having different associated logical translations than others of the users; logging on any one of the users at the terminal which is interfaced by any one of the ports; and in response to the logging on, using the physical translations associated with the one port and the logical translations associated with the one logged on user to perform call processing for telecommunications which involve the one port.
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7. In a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of user terminals, terminal translations that define attributes of the individual terminals, and call processing that uses terminal translations associated with an individual terminal to process telecommunications involving the individual terminal, a method of facilitating use of the individual terminals by a plurality of different users, comprising the steps of:
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permanently associating physical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are independent of users of the terminal, with the corresponding terminals; permanently associating default terminal translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are dependent on the users of the terminal, with the corresponding terminals; associating logical translations, comprising for each user those terminal translations that are independent of the terminals used by the user, with corresponding users, some of the users having different associated logical translations than others of the users; and in response to any one of the users logging on at any one of the terminals, temporarily associating the one user'"'"'s logical translations with the one terminal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. In a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of user terminals and terminal translations that define attributes of the individual terminals, a method of facilitating use of the individual terminals by a plurality of different users, comprising the steps of:
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associating physical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are independent of users of the terminal, with the corresponding terminals, some of the terminals having different associated physical translations than others of the terminals; associating logical translations, comprising for each user those terminal translations that are independent of the terminals used by the user, with the corresponding users, some of the users having different associated logical translations than others of the users; logging on any one of the users at any one of the terminals; and in response to the logging on, using the physical translations associated with the one terminal and the logical translations associated with the one logged on user to perform call processing for telecommunications which involve the one terminal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An arrangement for facilitating use of individual user terminals by a plurality of different users in a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of the terminals and terminal translations that define attributes of the individual terminals, comprising:
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means for associating physical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are independent of users of the terminal, with the corresponding terminals; means for associating logical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are dependent on the users of the terminal, with the corresponding users, some of the users having different associated logical translations than others of the users; and means, responsive to any one of the users logging on at any one of the terminals, for using the physical translations associated with the one terminal and the logical translations associated with the one logged on user to perform call processing for telecommunications which involve the one terminal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An arrangement for facilitating use of individual ports by a plurality of different users in a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of the ports for interfacing user terminals to the system and terminal translations that define attributes that ,are assigned to corresponding ports, comprising:
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means for associating physical translations, comprising for each port those terminal translations that are independent of users of the terminal which is interfaced by the port, with the corresponding ports; means for associating logical translations, comprising for each port those terminal translations that arc dependent on the users of the terminal which is interfaced by the port, with the corresponding users, some of the users having different associated logical translations than others of the users; and means, responsive to any one of the users logging on at the terminal which is interfaced by any one of the ports, for using the physical translations associated with the one port and the logical translations associated with the one logged on user to perform call processing for telecommunications which involve the one port.
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24. In a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of user terminals, terminal translations that define attributes of the individual terminals, and call processing that uses terminal translations associated with an individual terminal to process telecommunications involving the individual terminal, an improvement for facilitating use of the individual terminals by a plurality of different users, comprising:
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means for permanently associating physical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are independent of users of the terminal, with the corresponding terminals; means for permanently associating default terminal translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are dependent on the users of the terminal, with the corresponding terminals; means for associating logical translations, comprising for each user those terminal translations that are independent of the terminals used by the user, with corresponding users, some of the users having different associated logical translations than others of the users; and means, responsive to any one of the users logging on at any one of the terminals, for temporarily associating the one user'"'"'s logical translations with the one terminal. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. An arrangement for facilitating use of individual user terminals by a plurality of different users in a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of the terminals and terminal translations that define attributes of the individual terminals, comprising:
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means for associating physical translations, comprising for each terminal those terminal translations that are independent of users of the terminal, with the corresponding terminals, some of the terminals having different associated physical translations than others of the terminals; means for associating logical translations, comprising for each user those terminal translations that are independent of the terminals used by the user, with the corresponding users, some of the users having different associated logical translations than others of the users; and means, responsive to any one of the users logging on at any one of the terminals, for using the physical translations associated with the one terminal and the logical translations associated with the one logged on user to perform call processing for telecommunications which involve the one terminal. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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