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AssigneeFocal IP, LLC
InventorsSamuel F. Wood, Jerry A. Klein, Margaret Susan Asprey
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A system that includes a tandem access controller (TAC) coupled to the PSTN, where the TAC allows a subscriber to set-up and change the configuration of the phone line or other communications device, including selective call forwarding, using the web. The TAC is coupled internally to the PSTN in a local service area and is outside the central office of the subscriber. A calling party makes a first call to the subscriber using the subscriber's public telephone number. The TAC receives the first call prior to the call reaching the subscriber's terminating central office, which in some cases avoids a toll. The TAC then carries out the subscriber's instructions for the first call, such as making one or more second calls using telephone numbers different from the subscriber's public telephone number. When the second call is answered, the answering phone is connected by the TAC to the caller.
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A method of executing user control criteria for routing of calls from a first communication network through a second communication network, wherein the second communication network is different from the first communication network, comprising the steps of:
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