Apparatus and method for finding a called party over a telecommunication network
AssigneeSBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorsDavid Wolter, Anil Doradla, Sreenivasa Gorti
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system and method for establishing telephone communication between a calling party and called party wherein the calling party may store a plurality of numbers or identifiers of a called party and initiating a number or identifier of the called party enables the system and method to call multiple numbers of the called party from the stored plurality of numbers.
Claims21
A computer readable medium having a computer program accessible to a processor for executing instructions, the computer program comprising:
- a set of instructions to receive a plurality of numbers from a calling party relating to a called party;
- a set of instructions to receive an identifier relating to the called party;
- a set of instructions to place a call to a first number in the plurality of numbers;
- and
- a set of instructions to place a call to a second number in the plurality of numbers.
A method of providing a telephone service, comprising:
- storing a plurality of numbers of a called party, received from a calling party;
- receiving from the calling party an identifier of the called party;
- placing a call to a first number in the plurality of numbers in response to the identifier;
- and
- placing a call to at least a second number in the plurality of numbers if a selected criteria is met.
A system comprising:
- a database that stores a plurality of numbers for a called party provided by a calling party;
- a processor having access to the database;
- a computer readable medium accessible to the processor to execute instructions contained in a computer program comprising:
- a set of instructions to receive a plurality of numbers from a calling party relating to a called party;
- a set of instructions to receive an identifier relating to the called party;
- a set of instructions to place a call to a first number in the plurality of numbers;
- and
- a set of instructions to place a call to a second number in the plurality of numbers.
A device for placing a telephone call, comprising:
- a memory for storing a plurality of numbers of a called party;
- an interface that enables a user to input an identifier for the called party;
- a processor that initiates a call to a first number in the plurality of numbers upon receiving the identifier for the called party and to initiate a call to at least a second number in the plurality of numbers automatically after a selected number of ring tones have occurred corresponding to the first number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.