Enhanced telecommunications relay service
First Claim
1. A telecommunications system for use in a telephone network to process communications with a telecommunications relay center, comprising:
- a platform for routing a telephone call based on an equipment type for the telephone call; and
a profile database for supplying a particular data record which includes at least one potential destination for a text telephone party and information identifying the relay center. whereinthe platform includes signal detection circuitry for determining that the call is a voice call,the platform routes the voice call to the relay center, andsaid at least one potential destination is identified to the relay center in association with said voice call.
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Abstract
In a telephone network, a platform is coupled to a profile database and a telecommunications relay center. A voice telephone or text telephone caller dials a telephone number for a text telephone subscriber. The platform receives the telephone call and generates voice and text prompts for the caller. The platform senses calling equipment type by listening for the caller'"'"'s response to the prompts. The platform accesses the profile database and retrieves a prioritized sequence of one or more telephone numbers corresponding to activated locations for the text telephone subscriber. If the caller is a text telephone user, the text telephone call is routed by the platform directly to the text telephone subscriber. If the caller is a voice telephone user, the voice telephone call is relayed through the relay center to the text telephone subscriber.
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1. A telecommunications system for use in a telephone network to process communications with a telecommunications relay center, comprising:
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a platform for routing a telephone call based on an equipment type for the telephone call; and a profile database for supplying a particular data record which includes at least one potential destination for a text telephone party and information identifying the relay center. wherein the platform includes signal detection circuitry for determining that the call is a voice call, the platform routes the voice call to the relay center, and said at least one potential destination is identified to the relay center in association with said voice call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5)
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4. A telecommunications system for use in a telephone network to process communications with a telecommunications relay center, comprising:
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a platform for routing a telephone call based on an equipment type for the telephone call; and a profile database for supplying a particular data record which includes at least one potential destination for a text telephone party and information identifying the relay center, wherein; the platform includes signal detection circuitry for determining that the call is a text call; and the platform operates (i) to access a data record which includes at least one potential destination for the text telephone party, and (ii) to route the text call to said potential destination.
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6. A method of routing a telephone call for use in a telephone network which includes a telecommunications relay center, comprising the steps of:
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(A) retrieving a prioritized list of potential destinations for a text telephone party in response to the telephone call; and (B) routing the telephone call using the prioritized list, wherein the telephone call can be routed directly to a potential destination for the text telephone party or to said relay center as a function of the type of telephone station originating said telephone call; and
further comprising the step ofgenerating a prompt responsive to the telephone call to determine the type of telephone station originating the telephone call. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A telecommunications system for use in a telephone network to process communications with a telecommunications relay center, comprising:
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means for detecting an equipment type used for making a telephone call; a database; and means for (i) retrieving a data record for routing the telephone call, and (ii) routing the telephone call to a text telephone party based on the equipment type and a record retrieved from the database;
whereinthe means for detecting includes signal detection circuitry for determining that the telephone call is a voice call. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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