Repeating device, telephone set, and recording medium
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1. A repeating device for relaying communication to a plurality of receiver-side telephones connected to a local area network;
- said repeating device comprising a function, effected at a time of an incoming call to be connected, for requesting that each receiver-side telephone unit of said plurality of receiver-side telephones then respond indicating their instantaneous operational capability to receive the incoming call, a function for selecting, out of the plurality of receiver-side telephones that responded, a receiver side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be connected, and a function for notifying the caller-side telephone of the address of the selected receiver-side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be generated, before the incoming call to the receiver side telephone unit is generated.
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Abstract
A repeating device 14 for relaying the call to a plurality of receiver telephones 12a–12c that are connected to a local area network, comprising a function for requesting a reply to the plurality of receiver telephones 12a–12c asking their availability to receive a call, a function for selecting the destination of the call out of the receiver telephones 12a–12c that responded, and a function for notifying the address of the selected receiver telephone 12a to the caller telephone 22a. Further, the present repeating device comprises a function for receiving the transfer request from a user.
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1. A repeating device for relaying communication to a plurality of receiver-side telephones connected to a local area network;
said repeating device comprising a function, effected at a time of an incoming call to be connected, for requesting that each receiver-side telephone unit of said plurality of receiver-side telephones then respond indicating their instantaneous operational capability to receive the incoming call, a function for selecting, out of the plurality of receiver-side telephones that responded, a receiver side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be connected, and a function for notifying the caller-side telephone of the address of the selected receiver-side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be generated, before the incoming call to the receiver side telephone unit is generated. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A telephone/router pair capable of assisting a call to a plurality of receiver-side telephones connected to a local area network, without a caller-side telephone designating the address of a receiver-side telephone unit;
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said telephone/router pair comprising a function, effected at a time of a call to be connected, for requesting that each receiver-side telephone unit of said plurality of receiver-side telephones then respond indicating their instantaneous operational capability to receive the call, a function for selecting, out of the plurality of receiver-side telephones that responded, a receiver-side telephone unit to which the call is to be connected, a function for notifying the caller-side telephone of the address of the selected receiver-side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be generated, before the incoming call to the receiver side telephone unit is generated, and the caller-side telephone thereafter being enabled to effect a function for generating the call addressed to said selected receiver-side telephone unit.
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4. A telephone connected to a local area network;
said telephone comprising a function, effected at a time of receiving a call transfer request from a user of a caller-side telephone, for requesting that each receiver-side telephone unit of a plurality of receiver-side telephones then respond indicating their instantaneous operational capability to receive a call, a function for selecting, out of the plurality of receiver-side telephones that responded, a receiver-side telephone unit to which the call is to be connected, and a function for notifying the caller-side telephone of the address of the selected receiver-side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be generated, before the incoming call to the receiver side telephone unit is generated.
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5. A recording medium capable of being read by a machine and storing a program to be executed by said machine, to assist a caller-side telephone to make an incoming call without having to specify the address of a receiver-side telephone unit,
wherein said recording medium comprises programming to effect at least one of: -
a virtual device for relaying communication to a plurality of receiver-side telephones connected to a local area network, for effecting a function at a time of an incoming call to be connected, for requesting that each receiver-side telephone unit of said plurality of receiver-side telephones then respond indicating their instantaneous operational capability to receive the incoming call, a function for selecting, out of the plurality of receiver-side telephones that responded, a receiver-side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be connected, and a function for notifying the caller-side telephone of the address of the selected receiver-side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be generated, before the incoming call to the receiver side telephone unit is generated; a virtual telephone/router pair connected to a local area network, for effecting a function, a time of a call to be connected, for requesting that each receiver-side telephone unit of said plurality of receiver-side telephones then respond indicating their instantaneous operational capability to receive the call, a function for selecting, out of the plurality of receiver-side telephones that responded, a receiver-side telephone unit to which the call is to be connected, a function for notifying the caller-side telephone of the address of the selected receiver-side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be generated, before the incoming call to the receiver side telephone unit is generated, to thereafter enable the caller-side telephone to effect a function for generating the call addressed to said selected receiver-side telephone unit;
ora telephone capable of generating a call to a plurality of receiver-side telephones connected to a local area network, for effecting a function at a time of receiving a call transfer request from a user of a caller-side telephone, for requesting that each receiver-side telephone unit of a plurality of receiver-side telephones then respond indicating their instantaneous operational capability to receive a call, a function for selecting, out of the plurality of receiver-side telephones that responded, a receiver-side telephone unit to which the call is to be connected, and a function for notifying the caller-side telephone of the address of the selected receiver-side telephone unit to which the incoming call is to be generated, before the incoming call to the receiver side telephone unit is generated.
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