Method for handling a call when destined subscriber is unable to answer
First Claim
1. A method for handling a call made by subscriber A using a subscriber terminal, wherein the method comprisesproviding said subscriber terminal of the subscriber A with at least one AV source for providing audio and/or visual information to said subscriber terminal of the subscriber A;
- offering a plural number of alternative AV sources to subscriber A when subscriber B is unable to answer;
receiving information about the AV source chosen by subscriber A; and
connecting the terminal used by subscriber A, or an AV part of the terminal, to the AV source chosen by subscriber A for the time subscriber A waits for subscriber B to answer or to become available, after which the call is connected between subscribers A and B.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a telephone system including at least a terminal used by subscriber A, a terminal used by subscriber B, a switching center for setting up a call between subscribers A and B, and a connection for connecting subscriber A'"'"'s terminal to an audiovisual source when subscriber B is unable to answer. To offer a waiting subscriber a more user-friendly service than before, the system includes a plural number of alternative AV sources, the connection being arranged to connect subscriber A'"'"'s terminal to the AV source chosen by subscriber A when subscriber B is unable to answer.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for handling a call made by subscriber A using a subscriber terminal, wherein the method comprises
providing said subscriber terminal of the subscriber A with at least one AV source for providing audio and/or visual information to said subscriber terminal of the subscriber A; -
offering a plural number of alternative AV sources to subscriber A when subscriber B is unable to answer; receiving information about the AV source chosen by subscriber A; and connecting the terminal used by subscriber A, or an AV part of the terminal, to the AV source chosen by subscriber A for the time subscriber A waits for subscriber B to answer or to become available, after which the call is connected between subscribers A and B. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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- 4. A telephone system comprising at least a terminal used by subscriber A, a terminal used by subscriber B, a switching centre for setting up a call between subscribers A and B, and connecting means for connecting the subscriber A'"'"'s terminal to an AV source when subscriber B is unable to answer, wherein the system comprises a plural number of alternative audiovisual sources of which at least one is arranged in said terminal used by subscriber A, and that the connecting means are arranged to connect the terminal of subscriber A to the AV source chosen by subscriber A when subscriber B is unable to answer.
- 10. A subscriber terminal of a telephone system, the subscriber terminal comprising a telecommunications part, an AV part and a user interface, wherein the telephone apparatus also comprises an audiovisual source and connecting means for connecting the AV part to the AV source in response to control signals relayed from other parts of the telephone system to indicate that subscriber B is unable to answer.
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