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System with call forward profile

  • US 7,496,190 B1
  • Filed: 05/20/2005
  • Issued: 02/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for routing telephone calls among a plurality of telephones connected to a telephone network, the method comprising:

  • providing from a telephone network device an indication to a customer premises device serving at least one of the telephones that a call directed to that telephone has been received over the network;

    receiving at the telephone network device from the customer premises device a call forwarding profile associated with the telephone, the call forwarding profile having been sent by the customer premises device in response to the indication;

    determining at the telephone network device whether to forward the call based on call forwarding information contained in the received call forwarding profile; and

    routing the call by the telephone network device based on the call forwarding information contained in the received call forwarding profile.

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