Methods and apparatus to provide a telephone system configuration interface
First Claim
1. A method for providing a telephone related service allowing a telephone subscriber to configure telephone service for multiple users at a single location associated with the telephone subscriber, the single location having a plurality of telephones, a plurality of phone numbers and a shared voicemail box, the multiple users each having a unique account identifier, the method comprising:
- visually providing the telephone subscriber an option to specify one of the phone numbers to one of the telephones; and
visually providing the telephone subscriber an option to assign each of the multiple users exclusive access to at least one of the telephone numbers via their account identifier.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for a telephone customer to configure telephone service for multiple users at a single location associated with the customer. The location has at least two telephones, at least two phone numbers and a voice mail box. The telephone customer is visually provided an option to assign one of the phone numbers to one of the telephones. The telephone customer is visually provided an option to assign each of the multiple users exclusive access to at least one of the telephone numbers via their account identifier. The telephone customer is visually provided the option to, for each of the multiple users, allow access or deny access via their account identifier to the voicemail box.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for providing a telephone related service allowing a telephone subscriber to configure telephone service for multiple users at a single location associated with the telephone subscriber, the single location having a plurality of telephones, a plurality of phone numbers and a shared voicemail box, the multiple users each having a unique account identifier, the method comprising:
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visually providing the telephone subscriber an option to specify one of the phone numbers to one of the telephones; and visually providing the telephone subscriber an option to assign each of the multiple users exclusive access to at least one of the telephone numbers via their account identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A graphical user interface to allow a telephone subscriber to configure a telephone system with multiple users for a single location associated with the telephone subscriber, the single location having at least a plurality of telephones, a plurality of phone numbers and a shared voicemail box comprising:
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a number assignment control graphic to assign one of the phone numbers to at least one of the multiple users; a user assignment control graphic to assign one of the multiple users exclusive access to at least one of the telephones; and a voicemail assignment control graphic to allow access or deny access to the voicemail box for each of the multiple users. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for a telephone customer to configure voicemail box service for multiple users, each having an account identifier, at a single location associated with the telephone customer, the location having at least one telephone and at least two voicemail boxes, the method comprising:
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visually providing the telephone customer an option to select one of the at least two voicemail boxes; and visually providing the telephone customer an option to allow access or deny access to the selected one of the at least two voicemail boxes for each of the selected one of the multiple users based on their account identifier.
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28. A tangible article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to:
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read a telephone customer account relating to a location having at least two telephones each having a phone number and a voicemail box; visually provide a telephone customer associated with the telephone customer account an option to assign exclusive access for one of a multiple number of users, each of the multiple number of users having an individual account identifier, to a phone number from the at least two phone numbers; and visually provide the telephone customer an option to allow access or deny access to the voicemail box for each of the multiple number of users via their individual account identifier. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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