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Method for concurrently establishing switch redirection for multiple lines of the public telephone network

  • US 5,982,870 A
  • Filed: 05/26/1992
  • Issued: 11/09/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a communication network including a plurality of interconnected central office switching systems each at a different location, each of said central office switching systems connected to a plurality of local communication lines, a voice network portion comprising voice communication paths for interconnecting any of the central office switching systems, a common channel signaling network portion comprising signaling paths interconnecting said central office switching systems through at least one signal transfer point and at least one integrated services control point including a data base,a method for simultaneously redirecting a plurality of call paths for telephone numbers corresponding to local communication lines at a first set of locations in pre-set groups to local communication lines at one or more second locations, comprising the steps of:

  • storing call redirection information concurrently for all of said telephone numbers in said data base, said step of storing comprising accessing said integrated services control point and concurrently transmitting redirection information for said plurality of telephone numbers for storage in said data base, said redirection information indicating a plurality of alternative destinations for at least one of said telephone numbers;

    setting a trigger in the network for each of said telephone numbers; and

    redirecting a voice communication path between an originating call location and one of said second locations in accordance with redirection information accessed from said data base in response to a trigger corresponding to one of said telephone numbers, andwherein said redirection information designates an apportionment percentage for call redirection to said alternative destinations.

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