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Method and apparatus for communicating with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number during a disaster and disaster recovery

  • US 8,135,410 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2007
  • Issued: 03/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of switching a telephone call from a circuit-switched communication network to a data packet communication network, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a wireless connect unit, an incoming call for a user at a telephone extension of the circuit-switched communication network;

    retrieving from a storage medium a mobile telephone number for a wireless device associated with the telephone extension;

    routing the incoming call to the wireless device;

    receiving from the wireless device a signal indicative that the wireless device can handle the call on the data packet communication network; and

    bridging the call to the data packet communication network when the wireless connect unit determines that the call should be switched to the data packet communication network based on user preferences associated with the telephone extension of the circuit-switched communication network.

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