Apparatus, and an associated method, for selectably and automatically redirecting a telephonic call to a secondary location
DCFirst Claim
1. In a communication system having a packet data network through which a user selectably communicates at any of a first location and at least a second location and a first telephonic network through which the user also selectably communicates, also at any of the first and at least second locations, respectively, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating routing of a call to the user placed by a calling party by way of the first telephonic network to a user located at a selected one of the first location and the at least the second location, said apparatus comprising:
- a detector embodied at the packet data network and adapted to receive indications provided to the packet data network of at which of the first and at least second locations at which the user selects to communicate by way of the first telephonic network; and
an indexer coupled to said detector, said indexer for forming an index by indexing together values representative of selection made by the user of the selected one of the first and at least second locations together with calling indicia used to route the call to the selected one of the first location and the at least the second location.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for redirecting telephonic calls. Calls are directed to a user based upon the user'"'"'s presence on a packet network. An indexer indexes together a forwarded call location together with dialing digits associated with a called location. When a calling party subsequently places a call to the called location, selected redirection of the call is effectuated pursuant to redirection procedures. A telephonic switch, through which the call placed by the calling party is routed, accesses the index formed by the indexer, located, for example, at a service control point. Responsive to the values contained in the index, the call is routed, to be delivered to the called party. In a work-from-home scenario, a TDM call placed to a worker'"'"'s work location is redirected to a secondary location with the only effort required by the worker being his log on to the worker'"'"'s corporate network.
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1. In a communication system having a packet data network through which a user selectably communicates at any of a first location and at least a second location and a first telephonic network through which the user also selectably communicates, also at any of the first and at least second locations, respectively, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating routing of a call to the user placed by a calling party by way of the first telephonic network to a user located at a selected one of the first location and the at least the second location, said apparatus comprising:
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a detector embodied at the packet data network and adapted to receive indications provided to the packet data network of at which of the first and at least second locations at which the user selects to communicate by way of the first telephonic network; and an indexer coupled to said detector, said indexer for forming an index by indexing together values representative of selection made by the user of the selected one of the first and at least second locations together with calling indicia used to route the call to the selected one of the first location and the at least the second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a method of communicating in a communication system having a packet data network through which a user selectably communicates at any of a first location and at least a second location and a first telephonic network through which the user also selectably communicates, also at any of the first and at least second locations, respectively, an improvement of a method for facilitating routing of a call to the user placed by a calling party by way of the first telephonic network to a user located at a selected one of the first location and the at least the second location, said method comprising:
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detecting, at the packet data network, indications provided to the packet data network of at which of the first and at least second locations at which the user selects to communicate by way of the first telephonic network; forming an index by indexing together values representative of selection made by the user of the selected one of the first and at least second locations together with calling indicia used to route the call to the selected one of the first location and the at least the second location; accessing the index formed during said operation of forming the index when routing the call to the user placed by the calling party; and using information accessed during said operation of accessing to complete the routing of the call. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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