Systems and methods for call processing
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1. A method of providing call connections, the method comprising:
- registering, by a computing system comprising a computing device and a network interface, a unique phone number to a user wherein the unique phone number is not a wireless phone number of the user and the unique phone number is not a wireline phone number of the user;
receiving, at the computing system, an online presence indication of an Internet-connected computing device associated with the user; and
at least partly in response to receiving the online presence indication of the Internet-connected computing device, enabling an incoming call to the unique phone number to be connected to the Internet-connected computing device associated with the user.
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Abstract
The present invention provides flexible, user-definable call screening processes. The user can optionally define to which telecommunication terminals a screened call is to be broadcast to and under what conditions. An incoming call is forwarded to a call management system that asks the caller to leave a voice message. The call management system selectively couples the call to a POTS line or a VoIP-capable device so that the user can listen to the incoming message and thereby screen the incoming call. Based on the screening, the user can instruct the call management system to connect the caller to the user.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of providing call connections, the method comprising:
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registering, by a computing system comprising a computing device and a network interface, a unique phone number to a user wherein the unique phone number is not a wireless phone number of the user and the unique phone number is not a wireline phone number of the user; receiving, at the computing system, an online presence indication of an Internet-connected computing device associated with the user; and at least partly in response to receiving the online presence indication of the Internet-connected computing device, enabling an incoming call to the unique phone number to be connected to the Internet-connected computing device associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13)
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11. A system, comprising:
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at least one network-based server comprising hardware; at least one network interface; a router subsystem, which serves as an interface to the Internet to manage communications between online Internet Protocol client devices and the network-based server; and non-transitory memory, coupled to the network-based server, that stores instructions that when executed by the network-based server cause, at least in part, the system to perform operations comprising; recording a unique phone number assigned to a user wherein the unique phone number is not a wireless phone number of the user and the unique phone number is not a wireline phone number of the user; receiving an online presence indication of an Internet-connected computing device associated with the user; and at least partly in response to receiving the online presence indication of the Internet-connected computing device, enabling an incoming call to the unique phone number to be connected to the Internet-connected computing device associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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at least one network-based server comprising hardware; at least one network interface; a router subsystem, which serves as an interface to the Internet to manage communications between online Internet Protocol client devices and the network-based server; and non-transitory memory, coupled to the network-based server, that stores instructions that when executed by the network-based server cause, at least in part, the system to perform operations comprising; recording a unique phone number of a user in an account associated with the user, wherein the unique phone number is not a wireless phone number of the user and the unique phone number is not a wireline phone number of the user; receiving an online presence indication of an Internet-connected computing device associated with the user; and at least partly in response to receiving a selection of a control via a user interface of an application software program installed on the Internet computing device, enabling an incoming call to the unique phone number to be connected to the Internet-connected computing device associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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