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Method and apparatus for in-progress call forwarding

  • US 7,443,972 B1
  • Filed: 08/11/2006
  • Issued: 10/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • at a transfer service adjunct in a non-PBX public switched communications network;

    establishing a second connection, said second connection between a third communicating station and a first communicating station, said first communicating station connected to a second communicating station via a first connection, said establishing responsive to a translation of a code into an Internet instant messaging service address of said third communicating station, said code correlated to an address of said second communicating station, said code stored in a database connected to said non-PBX public switched communications network, said transfer service adjunct adapted to query said database, said code translated responsive to a signal from said second communicating station requesting a transfer of said first connection.

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