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US 2001/0043694 A1Published application
System and method for routing calls to multi-function telephone numbers
OwnerVictor Chartrandinventor
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A system and method of routing telephone calls to specific communications devices allows multiple communications devices to use a common telephone number. One telephone number may therefore be used to place calls to different communications devices in potentially different locations. Using such a system and method, the proliferation of telephone numbers and area codes can be sufficiently controlled, as the addition of cellular telephones, facsimile machines and pagers has created the need for increases in area codes and digits that must be dialed. The present system and method allows a caller to reach a desired communication device by first dialing a set of prefix characteristics representing a specific communications device followed by a telephone number to which that specific communications device is assigned.
A method of processing a call made to a telephone number and directed to a specific communications device to which that telephone number is assigned, the method comprising:
A method of directing a call to a specific communications device, comprising:
A system for processing a call made to a telephone number and directed to a specific communications device to which that telephone number is assigned, the system comprising:
A routing system for directing calls to different communications devices having identical numbers, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.