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Call redirection system

  • US 6,603,973 B1
  • Filed: 08/15/1997
  • Issued: 08/05/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for routing a telephone call to a called party associated with a called telephone number, based on the location of the called party, said method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a telephone call for said called party;

    then determining within which of a plurality of predefined areas said called party is likely to be located;

    then retrieving from a database a call treatment entry associated with the area determined by the step of determining and with the called party, where the database contains a set of call treatment entries for the called party, where each entry associates a call treatment specification with one of said predefined areas and where the call treatment specification of the entry of at least one of the predefined areas includes an instruction to route calls to a device in the area found by the step of determining having a telephone number other than the called telephone number; and

    then processing said call according to said retrieved call treatment specification.

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