Methods of and apparatus for providing telephone call control and information
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of making a telephone connection comprising the steps of:
- storing, for access by a computer network facility which is remotely accessible using a web browser, telephone number information relating to a telephone subscriber;
remotely accessing the computer network facility using a web browser for display of said telephone number information to the subscriber;
producing at the computer network facility using the web browser a telephone connection message including information identifying a calling telephone number of the subscriber and a called telephone number;
communicating the telephone connection message from the computer network facility to a telephone switch via a switch-computer interface; and
establishing a telephone connection between the calling and called telephone numbers from the switch in response to the telephone connection message.
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Abstract
Telephone call management is provided via a computer network (web) facility which can be remotely accessed by subscribers using web browsers. The web facility includes an information database for storing personal telephone directories and call logs, and a telephone call control system coupled to a telephone switch via a switch-computer interface. Information on calls to and/or from telephone numbers of subscribers is communicated from the switch to the web facility to be stored in the database without requiring the subscribers'"'"' browsers to be active. Subscribers can make telephone calls and control telephone communications via the browsers and the web facility. Subscribers do not require any hardware or software in addition to a telephone and web browser.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of making a telephone connection comprising the steps of:
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storing, for access by a computer network facility which is remotely accessible using a web browser, telephone number information relating to a telephone subscriber; remotely accessing the computer network facility using a web browser for display of said telephone number information to the subscriber; producing at the computer network facility using the web browser a telephone connection message including information identifying a calling telephone number of the subscriber and a called telephone number; communicating the telephone connection message from the computer network facility to a telephone switch via a switch-computer interface; and establishing a telephone connection between the calling and called telephone numbers from the switch in response to the telephone connection message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A telephone call management system comprising:
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a computer network facility including a web server for communications with web browsers of telephone subscribers, an information database for storing telephone number information relating to the subscribers, and a telephone call control system; a telephone switch including a switch-computer interface; and a communications path between the telephone call control system of the computer network facility and the switch-computer interface of the telephone switch; wherein information relating to telephone communications to and/or from telephone numbers of subscribers is communicated via the communications path from the telephone switch to the computer network facility and is stored in the database for the respective subscribers, and information for controlling telephone communications is communicated via the communications path from the computer network facility to the telephone switch in response to remote access by the respective subscribers to the information database via web browsers of the respective subscribers and the web server of the computer network facility. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of telephone call management, comprising the steps of:
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storing personal telephone directories and call logs of telephone subscribers for remote access by the subscribers via a web facility; supplying information, relating to at least some telephone communications associated with the telephone subscribers, from a telephone switch to the web facility; updating the personal telephone directories and call logs of the telephone subscribers in dependence upon information supplied by the subscribers by the remote access via the web facility and the information supplied from the telephone switch; and supplying information from the web facility to the telephone switch, for controlling telephone communications for the subscribers via the telephone switch, in response to the remote access by the subscribers via the web facility. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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