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Multi-line appearance telephony via a computer network

  • US 7,116,656 B1
  • Filed: 10/23/1998
  • Issued: 10/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communication system for interacting with a switched circuit network and for providing multiple line appearances at a terminal of a computer network, the system comprising:

  • a gateway in communication with the switched circuit network, the gateway being operative to translate switched circuit network-compatible signals into computer network-compatible signals; and

    a signal routing agent in communication with the gateway and with one or more terminals, the signal routing agent being operative to receive plural incoming calls from the gateway addressed to a selected one of the terminals and programmed to simultaneously transmit plural line appearance signals that identify origins of the incoming calls to the selected terminal.

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