Method of operating and configuring a telecommunication system; dispatcher software for identifying a client therein and telecommunication apparatus containing same
First Claim
1. A method of configuring a telecommunications system serving a plurality of mutually independent customers each having a plurality of terminals connected to the telecommunications system, the method comprising the following steps automatically effected in telecommunications equipment of the telecommunications system:
- assigning a customer identification to each of the customers;
forming the terminals of at least one customer into a plurality of terminal groups each having at least one of the terminals of the respective customer and assigning each of the groups an unambiguous access-identification terminal-group identification;
storing in a writable media as dispatch numbers evaluation-relevant parts of E.164 call numbers of all subscribers connected to the telecommunications system required to determine the terminal-group identification and customer identification thereof; and
assigning the terminal-group identifications and customer identifications to the dispatch numbers.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system has a plurality of mutually independent clients each having a plurality of terminal devices connecting to the telecommunication system and provided in groups. A client specific identification KID and a group specific identification ZID are assigned. A dispatcher number storage can serve to assign the KID and ZID from an E.164 incoming call for routing purposes and to determine whether calls will be executed internally or externally.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of configuring a telecommunications system serving a plurality of mutually independent customers each having a plurality of terminals connected to the telecommunications system, the method comprising the following steps automatically effected in telecommunications equipment of the telecommunications system:
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assigning a customer identification to each of the customers; forming the terminals of at least one customer into a plurality of terminal groups each having at least one of the terminals of the respective customer and assigning each of the groups an unambiguous access-identification terminal-group identification; storing in a writable media as dispatch numbers evaluation-relevant parts of E.164 call numbers of all subscribers connected to the telecommunications system required to determine the terminal-group identification and customer identification thereof; and assigning the terminal-group identifications and customer identifications to the dispatch numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Dispatcher software recorded on a writable media for use in a telecommunications system and programming at least one computer forming part of telecommunications equipment in the system usable by a plurality of mutually independent customers each having a plurality of terminals connected to the telecommunications system and wherein the terminals of at least one customer are formed in a plurality of terminal groups, the software being configured to identify each customer and each terminal group by a customer identification assigned to the customer and an access-identification terminal-group identification assigned to each terminal group to identify the customer and the terminal group with the aid of dispatch numbers of all customers and the respective terminals stored in the telecommunications equipment utilizing an E.164 call number transmitted with a call, with the dispatch number being those parts of the E.164 call numbers necessary for determination of the customer identification and group identification, the dispatch numbers being assigned to the terminal-group identifications and customer identifications.
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