Technique for administering personal telephone numbers
First Claim
1. A method for use in a telephone network for defining the destinations to which said telephone network attempts to complete telephone calls placed to a subscriber'"'"'s telephone number, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. storing a plurality of pre-defined mnemonic audible tags for association with telephone numbers prior to any interactions with said subscriber,b. offering a choice of said pre-defined mnemonic audible tags by speaking them;
c. receiving an indication of the one of said mnemonic audible tags selected by said subscriber;
d. receiving signals indicating a telephone number supplied by said subscriber; and
e. storing said received telephone number information in association with said selected mnemonic audible tag.
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Abstract
A method of administering a sequence of locations to which calls placed to a subscriber'"'"'s personal telephone number may be routed for personal communication service by a) storing pre-defined mnemonic audible tags for association with telephone numbers prior to any interactions with the subscriber, b) offering the subscriber a choice of the pre-defined mnemonic audible tags by speaking them to him, c) receiving an indication of the mnemonic audible tag selected by the subscriber, d) receiving signals indicating a telephone number supplied by the subscriber and e) storing the received telephone number information in association with the selected mnemonic audible tag. The mnemonic audible tags are then used in place of their respective associated telephone numbers in administering the sequence of locations. A mnemonic audible tag is a meaningful word indicative of the actual location, person, or service, e.g., "office", "neighbor" or "AT&T voicemail", to which a call to the personal telephone number is to be completed. Advantageously, administering a sequence of locations is accomplished by simply manipulating friendly, meaningful and easy to understand terms rather than cumbersome and meaningless, telephone numbers or codes.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for use in a telephone network for defining the destinations to which said telephone network attempts to complete telephone calls placed to a subscriber'"'"'s telephone number, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. storing a plurality of pre-defined mnemonic audible tags for association with telephone numbers prior to any interactions with said subscriber, b. offering a choice of said pre-defined mnemonic audible tags by speaking them; c. receiving an indication of the one of said mnemonic audible tags selected by said subscriber; d. receiving signals indicating a telephone number supplied by said subscriber; and e. storing said received telephone number information in association with said selected mnemonic audible tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for defining the destinations to which a telephone network attempts to complete telephone calls placed to a subscriber'"'"'s telephone number, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. storing a plurality of pre-defined mnemonic audible tags for association with telephone numbers; b. providing an audible announcement offering a choice of said pre-defined mnemonic audible tags; c. responsive to selection of one of said mnemonic audible tags by said subscriber, receiving signals indicating a telephone number supplied by said subscriber; and d. storing said number and information to create an association between said selected mnemonic audible tag and said received telephone number.
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11. A method for use in creating a sequence of locations to which calls to a subscriber'"'"'s number are directed, comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of pre-defined mnemonic audible tags, each for association with a plurality of telephone numbers; storing, for said subscriber, (i) telephone numbers supplied by said subscriber each indicating a location and (ii) information creating associations between respective ones of said supplied telephone numbers and respective particular ones of said pre-defined mnemonic audible tags selected by said subscriber in response to an announcement of said selected particular ones of said pre-defined mnemonic audible tags; and storing information indicating said sequence of locations in response to signals from said subscriber indicating said subscriber'"'"'s choosing of at least two of said ones of said particular pre-defined mnemonic audible tags, said selected choosing is performed after at least two of said associations are created in response to an announcement to said subscriber of at least one of said selected particular pre-defined mnemonic audible tags. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method for use in determining a current ordered set of destinations to which calls to a subscriber'"'"'s personal telephone number are routed, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing information associating a received telephone number with a pre-defined mnemonic audible tag; forming an ordered set of destinations by (i) speaking at least one of said mnemonic audible tags for which said association information is stored, (ii) receiving an indication of a selection of at least one of said spoken mnemonic audible tags, and (iii) adding said selected at least one of said tags to said ordered set. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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