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Negotiated routing in telephony systems

  • US 6,005,931 A
  • Filed: 11/14/1997
  • Issued: 12/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for determining a destination for an incoming telephone call received in a telephony network having a service control point (SCP) to one of a plurality of workstations each having a telephone and a computer station with a video display unit (PC/VDU) proximate the telephone, the PC/VDUs each connected to the SCP via a wide area network (WAN), the method comprising steps of:

  • (a) implementing a personal router at each PC/VDU wherein individual users determine personal routing rules for the associated workstation;

    (b) sending data pertaining to an incoming telephone call and a request for a destination from the SCP to individual ones of the plurality of workstations via the WAN;

    (c) negotiating a final destination for the incoming telephone call among the individual ones of the plurality of personal routers; and

    (d) sending a response to the SCP via the WAN, the response including a final destination for the telephone call determined as a result of the negotiation.

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