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Transparent protected access to corporate dialing plan

  • US 5,943,414 A
  • Filed: 07/30/1997
  • Issued: 08/24/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for permitting an offsite remote caller to use a corporate dialing plan when placing a telephone call from outside a corporate network, comprising:

  • means for receiving via the corporate network a telephone call signal from the remote caller indicating a desire to use the corporate dialing plan for placing a telephone call to an onsite or offsite called party via the corporate network;

    means for determining whether the remote caller is authorized to use the corporate dialing plan;

    means for prompting the remote caller to enter a telephone number corresponding to the called party after the determining means determines that the remote caller is authorized;

    means for sending a telephone calling signal to the called party at the telephone number using the corporate dialing plan;

    means for detecting an answer signal from the called party in response to the sending means sending the telephone calling signal; and

    means for establishing a connection between the remote caller and the called party when the detecting means detects the answer signal.

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