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Method for permitting subscribers to change call features in real time

  • US 5,475,746 A
  • Filed: 08/17/1994
  • Issued: 12/12/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a telecommunication system that provides selectable call handling features, a method for permitting real time changes to be made by subscribers to the selectable call handling features, the method comprising the steps of:

  • routing a call from a first subscriber to a first database in said telecommunication system, the first subscriber using said call to change call handling features associated with the first subscriber which controls the way calls to the first subscriber are handled;

    validating the authority of the first subscriber seeking to enter the call handling feature change;

    upon the authority of said first subscriber being validated, accepting and storing data specifically entered by said first subscriber to cause a change to be made to a call handling feature in said first database;

    determining if said stored data in the first database corresponds to a valid, changeable call handling feature based on validation information previously stored in the first database;

    upon validation of said stored data, automatically transmitting said data from said first database in said telecommunication network that contains a call handling record corresponding to said first subscriber, said call handling record in the second database controlling the handling of the first subscriber'"'"'s calls;

    modifying said call handling record in said second database based on said data to implement in real time said call handling feature change entered by said first subscriber, whereby subscribers can make changes in real time to call handling features.

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