Intelligent PBX in-building and out-of-building personal reach communications system
First Claim
1. A method for use in completing a telephone call to a called party/subscriber to a personal reach telephone service placed by a calling party who is local to a home PBX associated with that called party/subscriber, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving the calling party'"'"'s call at the home PBX;
determining whether the called party/subscriber is within an area local to the home PBX at the time the calling party'"'"'s call is received at the home PBX;
if the called party/subscriber is determined to be within the area local to the home PBX and the calling party has dialed a personal reach telephone number associated with the called party/subscriber on the personal reach telephone service, converting the personal reach telephone number to a local extension number on the home PBX and initiating connection of the call from the PBX to the local extension number; and
if the called party/subscriber is determined to be outside the area local to the home PBX and the calling party has dialed a local extension number associated with the called party/subscriber on the home PBX, converting the dialed local extension number to the personal reach telephone number associated with the called party/subscriber and initiating connection of the call from the PBX to the personal reach telephone number.
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Abstract
A call placed by a calling party from within the local office or campus area served by an intelligent PBX of a called party who is a subscriber to a personal reach service is held at that PBX for determination of whether the called party/subscriber is within or outside the local area served by the PBX. This determination is made using two-way paging technology through which a pager-carrying called party/subscriber is determined to be within the local area if the two-way pager carried by the called party/subscriber is registered within the area. If the called party/subscriber is determined to be within the local area, then a local page is broadcast to the called party/subscriber and a return call to the PBX by the called party/subscriber is bridged with the call being held from the calling party at the PBX. If the called party/subscriber is determined to be outside the local area, then the calling party'"'"'s call is connected over the telephone network to the called party/subscriber'"'"'s personal reach service network platform. A nationwide page is broadcast and a return call from the called party/subscriber to the network platform is bridged with the calling party'"'"'s call to complete the connection between the calling and called parties.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for use in completing a telephone call to a called party/subscriber to a personal reach telephone service placed by a calling party who is local to a home PBX associated with that called party/subscriber, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the calling party'"'"'s call at the home PBX; determining whether the called party/subscriber is within an area local to the home PBX at the time the calling party'"'"'s call is received at the home PBX; if the called party/subscriber is determined to be within the area local to the home PBX and the calling party has dialed a personal reach telephone number associated with the called party/subscriber on the personal reach telephone service, converting the personal reach telephone number to a local extension number on the home PBX and initiating connection of the call from the PBX to the local extension number; and if the called party/subscriber is determined to be outside the area local to the home PBX and the calling party has dialed a local extension number associated with the called party/subscriber on the home PBX, converting the dialed local extension number to the personal reach telephone number associated with the called party/subscriber and initiating connection of the call from the PBX to the personal reach telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a personal reach telephone system in which a call from a calling party to a called party/subscriber'"'"'s Personal Reach Service (PRS) telephone number is bridged to a return call placed by the called party in response to a page to a pager associated with the called party which page indicates to the called party/subscriber that a call is waiting, a meet-me bridge being located in a network platform of the personal reach service telephone system associated with the called party/subscriber, the called party/subscriber also being associated with a home PBX having meet-me bridging capabilities, a method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call at the called party/subscriber'"'"'s home PBX for the called party/subscriber from a calling party who is also local to the home PBX; determining whether the called party/subscriber is within an area local to the home PBX when the call from the called party/subscriber is received; if the called party/subscriber is determined to be within the area local to the home PBX and the calling party has dialed the called party/subscriber'"'"'s PRS telephone number, converting the PRS telephone number to a local extension number on the home PBX associated with the called party/subscriber and initiating connection of the call from the PBX to the local extension number; and if the called party/subscriber is determined to be outside the area local to the home PBX and the calling party has dialed the called party/subscriber'"'"'s local extension number on the home PBX, converting the dialed local extension number to the called party/subscriber'"'"'s PRS number and initiating connection of the call from the PBX to the PRS number. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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