Telecommunications
OwnerRobert Hyerleinventor
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, in a telecommunications network, of controlling the way in which calls to a telephone number are handled, comprising creating a call handling package comprising one or more conditions, and one or more call handling actions, and associating the telephone number with the call handling package in such a way that a subsequently placed call to the telephone number causes at least one of the call handling actions to be carried out in accordance with the one or more conditions.
Claims25
A method, in a telecommunications network, of controlling the way in which calls to a telephone number are handled,
- comprising:
- creating a call handling package comprising one or more conditions, and one or more call handling actions;
- and
- associating the telephone number with the call handling package in such a way that a subsequently placed call to the telephone number causes at least one of the call handling actions to be carried out in accordance with the once or more conditions.
A method, in a telecommunications network, of calling a telephone subscriber number having an associated call handling package comprising one or more conditions and one or more call handling actions,
- comprising:
- identifying whether the telephone subscriber number has an associated call handling package;
- retrieving the associated call handling package;
- and
- carrying out at least one of the call handling actions in accordance with the one or more conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.