System with call forward profile
First Claim
1. A method for routing telephone calls in an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the method comprising:
- a customer premises equipment receiving call forwarding parameters for a first telephone number;
the customer premises equipment storing the call forwarding parameters in a call forwarding profile for the first telephone number;
the customer premises equipment receiving a first data message sent by a network device to setup a call from a second telephone, to a first telephone associated with the first telephone number, without the call being extended to the customer premises equipment or to the first telephone;
the customer premises equipment determining whether call forwarding features are active;
the customer premises equipment retrieving the call forwarding profile specifying the call forwarding parameters for the first telephone number, in response to determining forwarding features are active;
the customer premises equipment determining by checking the call forwarding profile, whether the forwarding parameters are satisfied; and
the customer premises equipment sending to the network device a second data message comprising a new call destination number for rerouting of the call to a third telephone in response to determining the call forwarding parameters are satisfied.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing call forwarding in an IP telephone network is disclosed. First, when a telephone number for a first telephone from a second telephone is dialed, the call is routing to a call manager. Call setup procedures with a BRG responsible for the first telephone are then initiated. The BRG then checks stored call forwarding profiles to determine whether there is an active call forwarding profile for the first telephone. The call is connected to the first telephone if an active call forwarding profile is not found. However, if an active call forwarding profile is found, the call forwarding information is sent to the call manager. The call is routed to at least a third telephone based on the call forwarding information.
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70 Claims
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1. A method for routing telephone calls in an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the method comprising:
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a customer premises equipment receiving call forwarding parameters for a first telephone number; the customer premises equipment storing the call forwarding parameters in a call forwarding profile for the first telephone number; the customer premises equipment receiving a first data message sent by a network device to setup a call from a second telephone, to a first telephone associated with the first telephone number, without the call being extended to the customer premises equipment or to the first telephone; the customer premises equipment determining whether call forwarding features are active; the customer premises equipment retrieving the call forwarding profile specifying the call forwarding parameters for the first telephone number, in response to determining forwarding features are active; the customer premises equipment determining by checking the call forwarding profile, whether the forwarding parameters are satisfied; and the customer premises equipment sending to the network device a second data message comprising a new call destination number for rerouting of the call to a third telephone in response to determining the call forwarding parameters are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for routing telephone calls using a data network, the system comprising:
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means, comprised in a customer premises equipment, for receiving, from the data network, a first data message sent by a network device in the data network, to setup a call from a second telephone to a first telephone associated with a first telephone number, without the call being extended to the customer premises equipment or to the first telephone; means, comprised in the customer premises equipment, for determining whether call forwarding features are active; means, comprised in the customer premises equipment, for retrieving a call forwarding profile specifying call forwarding parameters for the first telephone number, based on a result from the means for determining whether forwarding features are active; means, comprised in the customer premises equipment, for determining by checking the call forwarding profile, whether the forwarding parameters are satisfied; and means, comprised in the customer premises equipment, for sending to the network device via the data network, a second data message comprising a new call destination number for rerouting of the call to a third telephone based on another result from the means for determining whether the call forwarding parameters are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. Customer premises equipment comprising:
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means for storing a call forwarding profile for at least a first telephone number associated with a first telephone; means for receiving a first data message from a data network that a call to the first telephone number has been initiated from a second telephone; and means, coupled to the means for storing and to the means for receiving, for transmitting a second data message to the data network in response to receipt of the first data message and without the call being extended to the customer premises equipment or to the first telephone; wherein the second data message comprises a new call destination number for rerouting of the call to a third telephone; and wherein the new call destination number is comprised in the call forwarding profile associated with at least the first telephone number, as one of multiple call forwarding parameters in the call forwarding profile. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method for operating a customer premises equipment, the method comprising:
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the customer premises equipment receiving a first data message from a data network indicating that a call to a first telephone number of a first telephone associated with the customer premises equipment was initiated from a second telephone; the customer premises equipment retrieving from a call forwarding profile of the first telephone number, at least a new call destination number comprised in the call forwarding profile as one of multiple call forwarding parameters; and the customer premises equipment responding, to receipt of the first data message without the call being extended to the customer premises equipment or to the first telephone, by at least transmitting to the data network, a second data message comprising the new call destination number for forwarding the call to a third telephone. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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