Telecommunication system with remote call pick-up capabilities
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1. A method for providing remote call pick up comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for a call to a first analog consumer premises equipment (CPE);
reading a first record associated with the first CPE in a first database, said first record containing a directory number for a second analog CPE;
sending a standard ring pattern to said first CPE and causing a concurrent alternate ring pattern to be sent to said second CPE without establishing a call path to said second CPE, said alternate ring pattern signifying that the second CPE is not the original destination of call;
completing the call to the second CPE if a remote call pick up code is received from the second CPE before the first CPE goes off-hook, whereby remote call pick up at the second CPE is facilitated.
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Abstract
Remote call pick-up is provided for analog telephones. Upon receiving a call request for a first analog CPE, a first record associated with the first CPE is read. The record contains a directory number for a second analog CPE. The first CPE is rung with a standard ring pattern and the second CPE is concurrently rung with an alternate ring pattern signifying that the second CPE is not the original call destination. The call is completed to the second CPE if a remote call pick-up code is received from the second CPE before the first CPE goes off-hook.
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1. A method for providing remote call pick up comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for a call to a first analog consumer premises equipment (CPE); reading a first record associated with the first CPE in a first database, said first record containing a directory number for a second analog CPE; sending a standard ring pattern to said first CPE and causing a concurrent alternate ring pattern to be sent to said second CPE without establishing a call path to said second CPE, said alternate ring pattern signifying that the second CPE is not the original destination of call; completing the call to the second CPE if a remote call pick up code is received from the second CPE before the first CPE goes off-hook, whereby remote call pick up at the second CPE is facilitated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 17)
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6. A telecommunication switch that provides remote call pick up comprising:
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means for receiving a request for a call to a first analog consumer premises equipment (CPE); means for reading a first record associated with the first CPE in a first database, said first record containing a directory number for a second analog CPE; first means for causing said first CPE to ring with a standard ring pattern; second means for causing said second CPE to concurrently ring with an alternate ring pattern without establishing a call path to said second CPE, said alternate ring pattern signifying that the second CPE is not the original destination of call; means for completing the call to the second CPE if a remote call pick up code is received from the second CPE before the first CPE goes off-hook, whereby remote call pick up at the second CPE is facilitated. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 18)
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11. In a telecommunication switch, a method for providing remote call pick up comprising:
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receiving a request for a call to a first analog consumer premises equipment (CPE); reading a first record associated with the first CPE in a first databases said first record identifying a second analog CPE; ringing said first CPE with a standard ring pattern; generating and sending a ring control message causing said second CPE to concurrently ring with an alternate ring pattern without the establishment of a call path to said second CPE, said alternate ring pattern signifying that the second CPE is not the original destination of call; upon an answer by one of the first and second CPE completing the call to said one of the first and second CPE, whereby remote call pick up at the second CPE is facilitated. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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