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Internet-based telephone call manager

  • US 8,189,747 B1
  • Filed: 09/22/1999
  • Issued: 05/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a switched telephone network, comprising:

  • a plurality of telephony switches interconnected in a switched traffic carrying network for carrying telephone call traffic and an associated signaling network for carrying signaling information relevant to the establishment of call paths on said traffic carrying network;

    a method of processing an incoming call directed to a specified subscriber telephone line on said traffic carrying network, said specified subscriber telephone line initially in-use to connect a data terminal to a data network, said method comprising;

    a. receiving a signaling message from said signaling network generated in response to said incoming call, said received signaling message received prior to establishment of a call path for said incoming call on said traffic carrying network;

    b. in response to said received signaling message, dispatching a first data message indicative of said incoming call to said data terminal on said data network by way of said traffic carrying network and said specified subscriber telephone line.

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