Method for destination control in an intelligent network

• US 6,804,343 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2001
• Issued: 10/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Hafez, Tania Abdel
• Primary Examiner(s): DEANE JR, WILLIAM J
• Application Number:
  US09/867,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20020018550A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,232 Days
• Field of Search: 379/211.01, 379/211.02, 379/211.03, 379/211.04, 379/210.01, 379/212.01, 379/201-1-2, 379/219, 379/913
• US Class Current: 379/211.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking

Abstract

A method for destination control in an intelligent network, where a destination list for a subscriber'"'"'s telephone number is provided which has entries associating particular connections with the subscriber during predetermined time periods, as a result of which incoming calls for the subscriber'"'"'s telephone number are transferred to an appropriate connection indicated as destination in the entry. When the subscriber logs on and/or off at a terminal using an access point to the intelligent network, an event message is transmitted which changes the destination list, the event message being evaluated by taking into account conditions, and a corresponding entry in the destination list being ascertained and/or changed on such basis.

Claims

1. A method for destination control in an intelligent network, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a destination list for a subscriber'"'"'s telephone number, the destination list having a plurality of entries associating particular connections with the subscriber during predetermined time periods such that incoming calls to the subscriber'"'"'s telephone number are transferred to an appropriate connection indicated as destination in a corresponding entry;

transmitting an event message automatically when the subscriber at least one of logs on and logs off at a terminal using an access point to the intelligent network;

evaluating the event message by taking into account current conditions; and

changing the destination list wherein a corresponding entry in the destination list is at least one of ascertained and changed based on the step of evaluating.

2. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal is a computer terminal.

3. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal is a mobile telephone terminal.

4. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the destination list is changed based on at least one of time of day, date, prescribed conditions, inputs during logging on and inputs during logging off.

5. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the destination list is changed using a user identifier for the subscriber.

6. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, the method further comprising the steps of:

transmitting an identifier for the terminal, upon logging on, to the intelligent network; and

using the identifier to determine a location for the subscriber which influences the change to the destination list.

7. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the destination list is automatically changed at least one of at prescribed times of day and on particular days such that all incoming calls for the subscriber are one of routed to a mailbox and answered using an automatic recorded announcement.

8. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, the method further comprising the step of:

blocking changes to the destination list one of at prescribed times of day and on particular days.

9. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event message is a short message.

10. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event message is transmitted via an Internet protocol link to an intelligent network server which forms a service management node of the intelligent network.

11. A method for destination control in an intelligent network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event message is transmitted by radio to a base station coupled to the intelligent network, the intelligent network being a mobile radio network.