Remote PBX system and advanced communication terminals
First Claim
1. A method for providing a remote PBX service by a customer'"'"'s phone service provider, comprising the steps of:
- assigning more than one telephone number to one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link, the one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link in communication with two or more customer terminal units;
receiving a connect signal from a calling party terminal unit, the connect signal including one of the telephone numbers assigned to the one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link;
generating a called telephone code indicative of the one of the telephone numbers included in the connect signal; and
sending the called telephone code to the two or more customer terminal units via the customer'"'"'s telephone communication link whereby a user of the customer'"'"'s telephone communication link is capable of knowing which of the more than one telephone numbers assigned to the one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link was called prior to answering a customer terminal unit, the customer'"'"'s phone service provider providing the remote PBX service for the customer without the necessity of a local PBX.
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Abstract
A method for providing a remote PBX service by a customer'"'"'s phone service provider. More than one telephone number is assigned to one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link. The one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link is in communication with at least one telephone. A connect signal is received by the customer'"'"'s phone service provider. The connect signal includes one of the telephone numbers assigned to the one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link. A called telephone code is generated. The called telephone code is indicative of the one of the telephone numbers included in the connect signal. The called telephone code is sent to the customer'"'"'s telephone communication link whereby a user of the customer'"'"'s telephone communication link is capable of knowing which of the more than one telephone numbers assigned to the one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link was called prior to answering the at least one telephone connected to the customer'"'"'s telephone communication link. Thus, the customer'"'"'s phone service provider provides the remote PBX service for the customer without the necessity of a local PBX.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for providing a remote PBX service by a customer'"'"'s phone service provider, comprising the steps of:
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assigning more than one telephone number to one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link, the one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link in communication with two or more customer terminal units; receiving a connect signal from a calling party terminal unit, the connect signal including one of the telephone numbers assigned to the one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link; generating a called telephone code indicative of the one of the telephone numbers included in the connect signal; and sending the called telephone code to the two or more customer terminal units via the customer'"'"'s telephone communication link whereby a user of the customer'"'"'s telephone communication link is capable of knowing which of the more than one telephone numbers assigned to the one customer'"'"'s telephone communication link was called prior to answering a customer terminal unit, the customer'"'"'s phone service provider providing the remote PBX service for the customer without the necessity of a local PBX. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a system having a customer'"'"'s phone service provider, the improvement comprising:
a remote PBX apparatus having local PBX functionality therein for a plurality of customers without the necessity of having local PBXs for each such customer, the remote PBX apparatus generating a called telephone code indicative of a telephone number included in the connect signal and sending the called telephone code to two or more customer terminal units. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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