Direct dialing telephone calls by name
First Claim
1. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular business subscriber, a routing system for routing a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
- means for assigning a telephone number to the particular business subscriber; and
means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular business subscriber by recognizing said telephone number;
wherein said means for routing comprises a signal processor that receives a signal containing said telephone number and a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and
wherein said telephone number comprises a tilde, followed by an upper case letter ‘
O’
, followed by a one-letter stock ticker symbol.
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Abstract
By using letters, this invention provides telephone numbers that contain the actual initials or name of the recipient. With business subscribers, each company'"'"'s stock marker ticker symbol is their telephone number, such as ‘GE’ for General Electric. Custom programming routes a call with the simple dialing input of only the recipient'"'"'s initials or name. Only one well-defined area code is needed per State, such as ‘AZ’ for Arizona. The same number is used for landline, facsimile, special feature, and cellular connections. Telephone numbers are permanent and fixed for the life of the subscriber. Global call numbers, such as GE'"'"'s, shrink from 011-44-207-302-6000 to ‘UK-LO-GE.
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Citations
44 Claims
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1. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular business subscriber, a routing system for routing a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the particular business subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular business subscriber by recognizing said telephone number; wherein said means for routing comprises a signal processor that receives a signal containing said telephone number and a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein said telephone number comprises a tilde, followed by an upper case letter ‘
O’
, followed by a one-letter stock ticker symbol.
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2. In a telecommunications system that is capable of routing telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular business subscriber, a system for routing a telephone call from a caller to said specific communications device, said system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the particular business subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular business subscriber by recognizing said telephone number; wherein said means for routing comprises a signal processor that receives a signal containing said telephone number and a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein, if the telephone call is directed to a business that is located in a ‘
State’
, said telephone number comprises a two-letter abbreviation of said ‘
State’
or an abbreviation of a city within said ‘
State’
in which said business is located, followed by a tilde, followed by a one-character to four-character stock ticker symbol. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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4. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular subscriber, a call routing system for routing a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the particular subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular subscriber by recognizing said telephone number, wherein said telephone number comprises the particular subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two characters indicating the year in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter code indicating the ‘
State’
or remaining country in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a lower case letter indicating the month in which the particular subscriber was born. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular subscriber, a routing system for routing a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the particular subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular subscriber by recognizing said telephone number; wherein said means for routing comprises a signal processor that receives a signal containing said telephone number and a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein said telephone number comprises the particular subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by four letters chosen by the particular subscriber.
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15. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular subscriber, a routing system for routing a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the particular subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular subscriber by recognizing said telephone number; wherein said telephone number is a permanent local telephone number for the particular subscriber that comprises the particular subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two digits indicating the year in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter ‘
State’
code or a two-letter remaining country code indicating the ‘
State’
or the remaining country in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a two lower case letters indicating the city in which the particular subscriber was born.
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16. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular subscriber, a muting system for muting a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the particular subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular subscriber by recognizing said telephone number; wherein said telephone number comprises a reverse quote, followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the ‘
State’
or the remaining country in which the particular subscriber subscribes, followed by a permanent local telephone number for the particular subscriber that comprises the particular subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two digits indicating the year in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter ‘
State’
code or a two-letter remaining country code indicating the ‘
State’
or the remaining country in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a two lower case letters indicating the city in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the city or other location in which the particular subscriber subscribes.
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17. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular subscriber, a routing system for routing a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the particular subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular subscriber by recognizing said telephone number; wherein said telephone number comprises a reverse quote, followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the ‘
State’
or the remaining country in which the particular subscriber subscribes, followed by a permanent local telephone number for the particular subscriber that comprises the particular subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two digits indicating the year in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter ‘
State’
code or a two-letter remaining country code indicating the ‘
State’
or the remaining country in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by two lower case letters indicating the city in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the city or other location in which the particular subscriber subscribes.
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18. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular subscriber, a routing system for routing a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the particular subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular subscriber by recognizing said telephone number; wherein said telephone number comprises the particular subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two characters indicating the year in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by an upper-case two-letter code indicating the ‘
State’
or remaining country in which the particular subscriber was born, followed by a lower-case two-letter code indicating the city in which the particular subscriber was born. - View Dependent Claims (19, 23)
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20. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a business subscriber, a routing system for routing a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the business subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the business subscriber by recognizing said telephone number; wherein said means for routing comprises a signal processor that receives a signal containing said telephone number and a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein said telephone number comprises a two-letter ‘
State’
abbreviation, followed by a tilde, followed by a one-letter to four-letter stock ticker symbol, followed by three to six digits, directing the telephone call to the business subscriber.
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21. A method of processing a telephone call to a business subscriber, the method comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the business subscriber and routing the telephone call to the business subscriber; wherein routing the telephone call comprises processing a signal that contains said telephone number and activating a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein said telephone number comprises a tilde, followed by an upper case letter ‘
O’
, followed by a one-letter stock ticker symbol.
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22. A method for routing a telephone call from a caller to a specific communications device of a particular business subscriber, said method for routing comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the particular business subscriber; and
routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular business subscriber by recognizing said telephone number;wherein routing the telephone call comprises processing a signal that contains said telephone number and activating a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein, if the telephone call is directed to a business that is located in a ‘
State’
, said telephone number comprises a two-letter abbreviation of said ‘
State’
, followed by a tilde, followed by a one-character to four-character stock ticker symbol.
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24. A method of processing a telephone call to a subscriber, the method comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the subscriber and routing the telephone call to the subscriber; wherein routing the telephone call comprises processing a signal that contains said telephone number and activating a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein said telephone number comprises the subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two characters indicating the year in which the subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter code indicating the ‘
State’
or remaining country in which the subscriber was born, followed by a lower case letter indicating the month in which the subscriber was born. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of processing a telephone call to a subscriber, the method comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the subscriber and routing the telephone call to the subscriber; wherein routing the telephone call comprises processing a signal that contains said telephone number and activating a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein said telephone number comprises the subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by four letters chosen by the subscriber.
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35. A method of processing a telephone call to a subscriber, the method comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the subscriber and routing the telephone call to the subscriber, wherein said telephone number is a permanent local telephone number for the subscriber that comprises the subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two digits indicating the year in which the subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter ‘
State’
code indicating the ‘
State’
in which the subscriber was born or a two-letter remaining country code indicating the remaining country in which the subscriber was born, followed by a two lower case letters indicating the city in which the subscriber was born.
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36. A method of processing a telephone call to a subscriber, the method comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the subscriber and routing the telephone call to the subscriber, wherein said telephone number comprises a reverse quote, followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the ‘
State’
or remaining country in which the subscriber subscribes, followed by a permanent local telephone number for the subscriber that comprises the subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two digits indicating the year in which the subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter ‘
State’
code indicating the ‘
State’
in which the subscriber was born or a two-letter remaining country code indicating the remaining country in which the subscriber was born, followed by a two lower case letters indicating the city in which the subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the city or other location in which the particular subscriber subscribes.
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37. A method of processing a telephone call to a subscriber, the method comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the subscriber and routing the telephone call to the subscriber, wherein said telephone number comprises a reverse quote, followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the ‘
State’
or remaining country in which the subscriber subscribes, followed by a permanent local telephone number for the subscriber that comprises the subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two digits indicating the year in which the subscriber was born, followed by a two-letter ‘
State’
code indicating the ‘
State’
in which the particular subscriber was born or a two-letter remaining country code indicating the remaining country in which the subscriber was born, followed by a two lower case letters indicating the city in which the subscriber was born. followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the city or other location in which the particular subscriber subscribes.
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38. A method of processing a telephone call to a subscriber, the method comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the subscriber and routing the telephone call to the subscriber; wherein routing the telephone call comprises processing a signal that contains said telephone number and activating a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein said telephone number comprises the subscriber'"'"'s two-letter initials, followed by two characters indicating the year in which the subscriber was born, followed by an upper-case two-letter code indicating the ‘
State’
or remaining country in which the subscriber was born, followed by a lower-case two-letter code indicating the city in which the subscriber was born. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A method of processing a telephone call to a business subscriber, the method comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the business subscriber and muting the telephone call to the business subscriber; wherein said telephone number comprises a two-letter ‘
State’
abbreviation, followed by a tilde, followed by a one-letter to four-letter stock ticker symbol, followed by three to six digits, directing the telephone call to the business subscriber.
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41. In a telecommunications system that is operative to route telephone calls to a specific communications device of a particular subscriber, a routing system for routing a telephone call from a caller to the specific communications device, said routing system comprising:
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means for assigning a telephone number to the particular subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular subscriber by recognizing said telephone number; wherein said means for routing comprises a signal processor that receives a signal containing said telephone number and a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and wherein said telephone number comprises a reverse quote, followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the ‘
State’
or remaining country or city in which the particular subscriber subscribes, followed by a local telephone number for the particular subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A method of processing a telephone call to a subscriber, the method comprising:
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assigning a telephone number to the subscriber and routing the telephone call to the subscriber; wherein routing the telephone call comprises processing a signal that contains said telephone number and activating a switching matrix that routes the telephone call; and
wherein said telephone number comprises a reverse quote, followed by a two-letter abbreviation of the ‘
State’
or remaining country or city in which the subscriber subscribes, followed by a local telephone number for the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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