Call logging in a wireless telecommunications system
First Claim
1. A central terminal for logging calls to or from a plurality of subscriber terminals that are arranged to communicate with the central terminal via wireless links, each subscriber terminal being arranged to support one or more lines to subscriber telecommunications equipment, the central terminal comprising:
- a call manager for receiving a call, and for generating a call instance to represent said call, the call instance having a plurality of attribute fields to store attributes defining the call; and
a call logger for storing a call log of data identifying predetermined attributes of said calls, the call logger being arranged to receive a number of the attributes stored in the call instance for inclusion in the call log.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a central terminal, and method of operation of such a central terminal, for logging calls to or from a plurality of subscriber terminals that are arranged to communicate with the central terminal via wireless links, each subscriber terminal being arranged to support one or more lines to subscriber telecommunications equipment. The central terminal comprises a call manager for receiving a call, and for generating a call instance to represent said call, the call instance having a plurality of attribute fields to store attributes defining the call. The central terminal further comprises a call logger for storing a call log of data identifying predetermined attributes of said calls, the call logger being arranged to receive a number of the attributes stored in the call instance for inclusion in the call log.
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31 Claims
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1. A central terminal for logging calls to or from a plurality of subscriber terminals that are arranged to communicate with the central terminal via wireless links, each subscriber terminal being arranged to support one or more lines to subscriber telecommunications equipment, the central terminal comprising:
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a call manager for receiving a call, and for generating a call instance to represent said call, the call instance having a plurality of attribute fields to store attributes defining the call; and a call logger for storing a call log of data identifying predetermined attributes of said calls, the call logger being arranged to receive a number of the attributes stored in the call instance for inclusion in the call log. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A call logging facility for logging calls handled by a central terminal of a wireless telecommunications system, the central terminal being arranged to communicate with a plurality of subscriber terminals via wireless links, each subscriber terminal being arranged to support one or more lines to subscriber telecommunications equipment, the central terminal having a call manager for receiving a call, and for generating a call instance to represent said call, the call instance having a plurality of attribute fields to store attributes defining the call, the call logging facility comprising:
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a log manager for maintaining in a storage a call log of data identifying predetermined attributes of said calls; and an interface for receiving a number of the attributes stored in the call instance for inclusion in the call log. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method of operating a central terminal to log calls to or from a plurality of subscriber terminals that are arranged to communicate with the central terminal via wireless links, each subscriber terminal being arranged to support one or more lines to subscriber telecommunications equipment, the method comprising steps of:
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generating a call instance to represent a call upon receipt of said call, the call instance having a plurality of attribute fields to store attributes defining the call; storing a call log of data identifying predetermined attributes of said calls; and receiving a number of the attributes stored in the call instance for inclusion in the call log. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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