Stateful Home Phone Service
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorJames Poder
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Abstract
This application describes a system and associated method for routing messages, such as phone calls. The destination of incoming calls may be determined based on a variety of factors, such as the state of the callee's security system, the date and time, the identity of the caller, and the number of recent call attempts by the caller. Potential destinations include all or a subset of the phones associated with a subscriber and outside phones, such as cellular phones operated by third parties. The rules used to route calls may be defined or modified via a web interface.
Claims20
A message routing method, comprising:
- receiving, at a message routing computing device, a message that is to be delivered to a device of a premises;
- and
- routing the message based at least in part on information received from a security system of the premises.
One or more computer-readable media storing executable instructions that, when executed, perform the following:
- receiving, at a message routing computing device, a message that is to be delivered to a device of a premises;
- and
- routing the message based at least in part on information received from a security system of the premises.
A system for routing phone calls comprising:
- a call routing computing device communicatively coupled to a home security system computing device and to an external communication network, the call routing computing device including a processor configured to route incoming telephone calls based on information received from the home security system computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.