Enhanced call notification service
First Claim
1. A method for providing notification of at least one incoming call from at least one calling party to at least one called party, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to transmit the incoming call from the calling party to a plurality of end devices of the called party;
retrieving profile information associated with the called party from a single system, wherein said profile information includes data on the plurality of the end devices provisioned to be alerted upon transmission of the incoming call, and on instructions self-provisioned by the called party for alerting the end devices in a specific sequence set-up by the called party; and
alerting said end devices of the incoming call in said specific sequence, wherein said specific sequence includes a parallel ringing order, a sequential ringing order, and combinations thereof, wherein said plurality of the end devices of the called party are assigned with a same phone number.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and a method for providing notification of an incoming call from the calling party to the called party. The method includes receiving a request to connect the call from the calling party to plurality of end devices of the called party. A profile information associated with the called party is retrieved. The profile information includes data on plurality of the end devices provisioned to be alerted upon connection of the incoming call and on instructions for alerting the end devices in a specific sequence. Additionally, the end devices of the incoming call are alerted in accordance with the specific sequence which would be either parallel ringing order or sequential ringing order.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for providing notification of at least one incoming call from at least one calling party to at least one called party, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to transmit the incoming call from the calling party to a plurality of end devices of the called party; retrieving profile information associated with the called party from a single system, wherein said profile information includes data on the plurality of the end devices provisioned to be alerted upon transmission of the incoming call, and on instructions self-provisioned by the called party for alerting the end devices in a specific sequence set-up by the called party; and alerting said end devices of the incoming call in said specific sequence, wherein said specific sequence includes a parallel ringing order, a sequential ringing order, and combinations thereof, wherein said plurality of the end devices of the called party are assigned with a same phone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing notification of at least one incoming call from at least one calling party to at least one called party, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to transmit the incoming call from the calling party to a plurality of end devices of the called party, wherein said plurality of the end devices are assigned with same phone number; retrieving profile information associated with the called party from a single system, wherein said profile information includes data on the plurality of the end devices provisioned to be alerted upon transmission of the incoming call and on instructions self-provisioned by the called party for alerting the end devices in a sequential ringing order set-up by the called party; and alerting the said end devices of the incoming call in said sequential ringing order. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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