Method and apparatus for in-progress call forwarding
First Claim
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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Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for transferring calls among communicating devices connected through a public network. The service is offered by a public network to permit a party in a ongoing conversation to transfer a call to another communicating device that may be more convenient to use, such as from a mobile telephone experiencing static to a land-based telephone, or from a home telephone to a mobile phone as a party leaves the home. In a method according to the invention, the network first establishes a connection between two communicating parties. The network then receives from one of the parties a request to transfer the call to another communications device. The network then transfers the call. The invention may be entirely network-based, in which case there may be a database of transferee devices stored on the network. Alternatively, the invention may be hybrid network-based and premises equipment-based, in which case the database of transferee devices may be stored in the premises equipment.
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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.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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 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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14. A communications device comprising:
a processor configured to receive a request to establish 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, said communications device in said non-PBX public switched communications network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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