Dynamic associative terminating extension groups

• US 6,198,938 B1
• Filed: 09/29/1998
• Issued: 03/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Technology Corporation Miami Lakes FLA US
• Inventors: Chavez, David L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US09/162,496
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 455/518, 455/519, 455/422, 455/432, 455/433, 455/435, 455/436, 455/456, 455/403, 455/517, 455/516
• US Class Current: 455/519
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/727 Identification code transfer arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/733 with a plurality of base stations connected to a plurality of lines for selection in cordless PBX H04W84/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management

Abstract

A wireless terminal is dynamically placed into a terminating ring group based on the location of the wireless telephone. Similarly, a wireless terminal is dynamically removed from a terminating ring group on the basis of the location of the wireless terminal. A wireless terminal can be excluded from joining a terminating ring group in a specific location.

Claims

1. A method of establishing a terminating ring group, comprising the steps of:

determining ones of a plurality of wireless terminals that are in a physical location that is limited to an interior room of a building;

inserting the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals into the terminating ring group within the terminating ring group, an incoming call for one of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals causes alerting on all of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals, upon any one of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals answering the incoming call, alerting is stopped to the remaining ones of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals;

designating ones of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals by examining a table defining the wireless terminals to be excluded from the terminating ring group; and

excluding the designated ones of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals from the terminating ring group.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprises the steps of alerting all of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals to respond to an incoming call directed to one of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals;

and

allowing any of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals to respond to an incoming call directed to one of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprises the step of removing one of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals from the terminating ring group upon the one of the determined ones of plurality of wireless terminals leaving the physical location.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprises the steps of assigning a telecommunication dial number to the physical location;

alerting the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals in response to an incoming call directed to the telecommunication dial number of the physical location; and

allowing the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals to responded to an incoming call directed to the assigned telecommunication dial number.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of determining the physical location comprises the steps of detecting physical location information by each of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals from a fixed unit;

and

transmitting by each of the determined ones of the plurality of wireless terminals the detected physical location information to a wireless switching system controlling the plurality of wireless terminals.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the step of determining the physical location comprises the step of identifying the terminating ring group from the transmitted detected physical location information.