Method, device, system and network for routing communications
OwnerHafeez Banainventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for routing communications in a telecommunications network comprising a first telephony user device and a server system. The method includes at the first telephony user device: receiving instructions to initiate communications with a contact associated with an address; initiating communications via a channel within the telecommunications network to a local address for the server system; and transmitting information associated with the contact address to the server system via the telecommunications network. A communications action is performed in relation to the contact at the server system. Other methods, devices, systems and networks for routing communications are disclosed.
Claims33
A method for routing communications in a telecommunications network comprising a first telephony user device and a server system, including:
- at the first telephony user device:
- determining a current location of the first telephony user device;
- selecting a local address for the server system from a plurality of addresses for the server system based, at least in part, upon the determined current location of the first telephony user device;
- receiving instructions to initiate communications with a contact associated with an address;
- initiating communications via a channel within the telecommunications network to the selected local address for the server system;
- and
- transmitting at least partial index information associated with the contact address to the server system via the telecommunications network after the initiation of the communications,
- wherein the server system maps the at least partial index information to the contact address and performs a communications action in relation to the contact address at the server system.
A method for routing communications in a telecommunications network comprising a first telephony user device and a server system, including:
- at the server system:
- receiving an initiation of communications from the first telephony user device via a channel within the telecommunications network to a local address for the server system;
- receiving at least partial index information associated with an address from the first telephony user device via the telecommunications network after the initiation of the communication;
- mapping the at least partial index information to an address associated with a contact;
- and
- performing a communications action in relation to the contact using the mapped address;
- wherein the first telephony user device determines a current location of the first telephony user device, uses the determined current location to select the local address for the server system from a plurality of addresses for the server system based, at least in part, upon the determined current location of the first telephony user device, and initiates communications with the contact associated with the mapped address.
A server system comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive an initiation of communications from a first telephony user device via a channel within a telecommunications network to a local address for the server system,
- receive at least partial index information associated with an address from the first telephony user device via the telecommunications network after the initiation of the communication,
- map the least partial index information to an address associated with a contact;
- and
- perform a communications action in relation to the contact using the mapped address;
- and
- at least one communications apparatus;
- wherein the first telephony user device is configured to determine a current location of the first telephony user device, use the determined current location to select the local address for the server system from a plurality of addresses for the server system based, at least in part, upon the determined current location of the first telephony user device and initiate communications with the contact associated with the mapped address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.