Callback when not engaged by means of automated redialling in communication networks

• US 7,469,044 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2002
• Issued: 12/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Kramarz-Von Kohout, Gerhard
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, TUAN
• Application Number:
  US10/492,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20050014521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,261 Days
• Field of Search: 379/209.01, 379/210.01, 379/210.02, 379/210.03, 379/209.1, 379/210.1, 379/210.2, 379/210.3, 379/229, 379/230, 379/231, 379/234, 455/414.1, 455/417, 455/555, 455/450, 455/451
• US Class Current: 379/209.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2749 Automatic dialling or redialling systems, e.g. on off-hook or redial on busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/14 Delay circuits; Timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/424 Arrangements for automatic redialling at the subscriber's set H04M1/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/48 Arrangements for recalling a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of redialing in telecommunication networks for a call back when not engaged, whereby a caller carries out a call attempt to reach a callee, whereby the callee does not respond at firs. According to the invention, the callee may be reached without the caller having to continually undertake a further call attempt, whereby a radialling is automatically carried out by the relevant exchange within a given time window at given time periods and a connection to the callee is established should the same respond.

Claims

1. A method for redialing in telecommunications networks for a callback when a telephone line is not busy whereby a caller attempts a call to reach a called subscriber, wherein the called subscriber initially does not answer the call, whereby a redial is automatically performed at predetermined time intervals within a predetermined time window, comprising the steps of

initiating the automatic redial by a responsible exchange wherein the predetermined time window as freely configured by the caller, wherein as soon as the subscriber answers, the caller is signaled by a ring tone that the desired call has set up,

and informing the caller when the predetermined time window has expired and the called subscriber has not answered, whereafter redial is canceled wherein activating or deactivating the redial service provided by the exchange by the caller in the time window and the time intervals can be freely configured by the caller.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of

storing the telephone number of the called subscriber and the telephone number of the caller at the exchange for a predetermined time interval.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step up

setting up a connection repeatedly by the exchange in the predetermined time intervals within the predetermined time window, wherein if the called subscriber answers, a connection to the caller is subsequently established.

4. The method for redialing in telecommunications networks for a callback when a telephone line is not busy, whereby a caller attempts a call to reach a called subscriber, wherein the called subscriber initially does not answer the call, whereby a redial is automatically performed at predetermined time intervals within a predetermined time window, comprising the steps of

initiating the automatic redial by a terminal of the caller wherein predetermined time window as freely configured by the caller, wherein as soon as the caller subscriber answers, the caller is signaled by a ring tone that the desired call has been set up,

and informing the caller when the predetermined time window has expired and the called subscriber has not answered, whereafter the radial is canceled wherein activating or deactivating the redial service provided by the exchange by the caller in the time window and the time intervals can be freely configured by the caller.

5. A device for redialing in telecommunications networks for a callback when a telephone line is not busy whereby a caller attempts a call to reach a called subscriber, wherein the called subscriber initially does not answer the call, whereby a redial is automatically performed at predetermined time intervals within a predetermined time window, the device comprises

means for intermediately storing the telephone number of the called subscriber and the telephone number of the caller during a predetermined time window, and

means for automatically carrying out a redial at predetermined time intervals within the predetermined time window as freely configured by the caller,

whereby the means for intermediately storing the telephone numbers and for automatically carrying out the redial at the responsible exchange,

means for signaling the caller by a ring tone that the desired call has been set up as soon as the subscriber answers,

and means for informing the caller when the predetermined time window has expired in which the caller subscriber has not answered, and means for canceling the redial wherein activating or deactivating the redial service provided by the exchange by the caller in the time window and the time intervals can be freely configured by the caller.

6. A device for redialing in telecommunications networks for a callback when a telephone line is not busy whereby a caller attempts a call to reach a called subscriber, wherein the called subscriber initially does not answer the call, whereby a redial is automatically performed at predetermined time intervals within a predetermined time window, the device comprises

means for intermediately storing the telephone number of the called subscriber and the telephone number of the caller during a predetermined time window, and

means for automatically carrying out a redial at predetermined time intervals within the predetermined time window as freely configured by the caller,

means for signaling the caller by a ring tone that the desired call has been set up as soon as the subscriber answers,

means for informing the caller when the predetermined time has expired in which the called subscriber has not answered, and means for canceling the redial, and

wherein the means for intermediately storing the telephone numbers and the means for automatically carrying out the redial are at a telecommunication terminal of the caller wherein activating or deactivating the redial service provided by the exchange by the caller in the time window and the time intervals can be freely configured by the caller.