Extension-dependent call forwarding in an exchange
OwnerMichael Geissler, Richard Poschlinventors
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Abstract
For performing call forwarding from terminal stations of a dependent switch which is configured as second switch connected at the exchange (e.g. from extensions of a private branch exchange PBX), an exchange sets up a call forwarding list in which a call address is in each case allocated to a terminal station code as forwarding destination for one or more terminal stations of the dependent switch. When a connection request relating to a subscriber at a dependent switch of the exchange arrives, the code of the desired terminal station is used for checking whether a call address is allocated to this code in an associated call forwarding list. If this is so, the connection is forwarded to this call address.
Claims5
A method for establishing a connection through an exchange of a telecommunication network, for a subscriber allocated a terminal station of a dependent switch, comprising:
- allocating one code of a terminal station for at least one of a plurality of terminal stations of a dependent switch using at least one call forwarding list in which at least one call address differs from a relevant terminal station, when a connection request relating to the subscriber at the dependent switch configured in the exchange arrives;
- taking a code relating to a desired terminal station of the dependent switch from the connection request;
- checking, using this code, whether a call address is allocated to the relevant code in a call forwarding list allocated to the dependent switch;
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- forwarding the connection to the call address if the call address is allocated.
An exchange for a telecommunication network to which at least one switch is configured and/or connected as a dependent switch, comprising:
- a control device to control the setting-up, maintenance and clearing-down of telecommunication connections from and to subscribers allocated to the exchange, wherein the control device sets up at least one call forwarding list for dependent switches configured at the exchange, in which at least one call address which differs from the call address of a relevant terminal station is allocated to one code of the terminal station for at least one terminal station of a dependent switch, and
- the control device is set up for taking, when a connection request relating to a subscriber at a dependent switch configured at the exchange arrives, a code relating to a desired terminal station of the dependent switch from the connection request, and the control device checks, using the code, whether a call address is allocated to the relevant code in a call forwarding list allocated to the dependent switch, and the control forwards the connection to the call address if the call address is allocated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.