Personal communication system
First Claim
1. A personal communication system (PCS) server of a personal communication system providing PCS subscribers with personal telephone numbers, comprising:
- a PCS destination profile memory for storing in association with at least one personal telephone number (PTN) a number of destination profiles respectively consisting of a sequence of destination numbers indicating a number of predetermined destination locations;
a PCS routing means for completing an incoming call directed to said PTN by routing the incoming call sequentially to destination locations in accordance with the sequence indicated in a destination profile until said call is abandoned or answered; and
a destination profile handling means, comprising a call distribution parameter setting means for setting said call distribution parameters in at least one destination profile, for selectively handling one or more of said destination profiles stored in said PCS destination profile memory in response to a destination profile handling message received via said PCS communication system and including at least one handling parameter indicating a predetermined handling of said at least one of said destination profiles,said at least one handling parameter indicating one or more call distribution parameters selected from a group of call distribution parameters that include a PTN call origin parameter, a PTN number of calls parameter and a PTN number of calls flag for one or more of said destination locations in said one or more destination profiles.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a PCS-server of a personal communication system providing personal telephone numbers for PCS subscribers. A PCS subscriber can send a handling message to the PCS-server and can form a specific handling of one or more destination profiles stored in a destination profile memory. The specific handling relates to the specific selection and activation/deactivation or switching between specific destination profiles or to the setting of specific call distribution criteria in the destination profiles. The call distribution criteria relate to origin parameter teleservice-type parameters, busy option parameters and number of call parameters. The PCS subscriber can therefore flexibly configure and use the destination profiles allocated to his personal telephone number. Based on the selected call distribution criteria a flexible delivery of the calls by using the so-set destination profiles is possible.
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1. A personal communication system (PCS) server of a personal communication system providing PCS subscribers with personal telephone numbers, comprising:
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a PCS destination profile memory for storing in association with at least one personal telephone number (PTN) a number of destination profiles respectively consisting of a sequence of destination numbers indicating a number of predetermined destination locations; a PCS routing means for completing an incoming call directed to said PTN by routing the incoming call sequentially to destination locations in accordance with the sequence indicated in a destination profile until said call is abandoned or answered; and a destination profile handling means, comprising a call distribution parameter setting means for setting said call distribution parameters in at least one destination profile, for selectively handling one or more of said destination profiles stored in said PCS destination profile memory in response to a destination profile handling message received via said PCS communication system and including at least one handling parameter indicating a predetermined handling of said at least one of said destination profiles, said at least one handling parameter indicating one or more call distribution parameters selected from a group of call distribution parameters that include a PTN call origin parameter, a PTN number of calls parameter and a PTN number of calls flag for one or more of said destination locations in said one or more destination profiles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A personal communication system (PCS) server of a personal communication system providing PCS subscribers with personal telephone numbers (PTN), comprising:
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a PCS destination profile memory storing in association with at least one personal telephone number PTN a number of destination profiles respectively consisting of a sequence of destination numbers indicating a number of predetermined destination locations; a destination profile handling means for selectively handling one or more of said destination profiles in accordance with one or more handling parameters of a destination profile handling message; and a PCS routing means for completing an incoming call directed to said PTN by routing the incoming call sequentially to destination locations in accordance with the sequence indicated in a destination profile until said call is abandoned or answered, wherein one or more of said destination numbers have associated one or more associated call distribution parameters selected from a group of call distribution parameters that include a PTN call origin parameter, a PTN number of calls parameter and a PTN number of calls flag received as a handling parameter in said destination profile handling message and said PCS routing means routes an incoming PTN call to destination locations in said destination profile in accordance with the sequence indicated in said destination profile and said one or more call distribution parameters until said call is abandoned or answered. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method to control a personal communication system (PCS) server of a personal communication system providing PCs subscribers with personal telephone numbers comprising:
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a) storing in a PCS destination profile memory in association with at least one personal telephone number (PTN) a number of destination profiles respectively consisting of a sequence of destination numbers indicating a number of predetermined destination locations; b) completing an incoming call directed to said PTN by routing the incoming call by a PCS routing means sequentially to destination locations in accordance with the sequence indicated in the destination profile until said call is abandoned or answered; c) sending a destination profile handling message to said PCS server via said PCS communication system including at least one handling parameter indicating a predetermined handling of at least one of said destination profiles; and d) selectively handling one or more of said destination profiles stored in said PCS destination profile memory in accordance with said at least one handling parameter, said at least one handling parameter indicating one or more call distribution parameters, selected from a group of call distribution parameters that include a call origin parameter, a PTN number of calls parameter and a PTN number of calls flag, for one or more of said destination locations in said one or more destination profiles and said call distribution parameter are set in said one or more destination profiles. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method to control a personal communication system (PCS) server of a personal communication system providing PCS subscribers with personal telephone numbers comprising:
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storing in a PCS destination profile memory in association with at least one personal telephone number (PTN) a number of destination profiles respectively consisting of a sequence of destination numbers indicating a number of predetermined destination locations; providing a destination profile handling message for selectively handling one or more of said number of destination profiles in accordance with one or more handling parameters is provided to said PCS-server; and completing an incoming call directed to said PTN by routing the incoming call sequentially to destination locations in accordance with the sequence indicated in a destination profile until said call is abandoned or answered; wherein one or more of said destination numbers have associated with them one or more call distribution parameters selected from a group of call distribution parameters that include a call origin parameter, a PTN number of calls parameter and a PTN number of calls flag that are received as a handling parameter in said destination profile handling message; and an incoming PTN call is routed to destination locations in said destination profile in accordance with the sequence indicated in a destination profile and said one or more call distribution parameters until said call is abandoned or answered. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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