# US 2014/0194087 A1 · Remote PBX System and Advance Communication Terminals

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- Number: US 2014/0194087 A1
- Document ID: US20140194087A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/735,808
- Filed: 2013-01-07
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07
- Assignees: Automated Business Companies
- Inventors: Charles C. Freeny, JR.; Charles C. Freeny, III
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194087A1

## CPC

- H04W 84/16: WPBX [Wireless Private Branch Exchange]
- H04W 40/02: Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
- H04W 76/10: Connection setup
- H04W 76/11: Allocation or use of connection identifiers
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A method for providing a remote PBX service by a customer's phone service provider. More than one telephone number is assigned to one customer's telephone communication link in communication with at least one telephone. A connect signal is received by the customer's phone service provider including one of the telephone numbers assigned to the customer's telephone communication link. A called telephone code is generated indicative of the number included in the connect signal. The called telephone code is sent to the customer's telephone communication link whereby a user of the customer's telephone communication link is capable of knowing which of the more than one telephone numbers assigned to the customer's telephone communication link was called prior to answering the telephone connected to the customer's telephone communication link. Thus, the customer's phone service provider provides the remote PBX service for the customer without the necessity of a local PBX.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for providing a remote PBX service by a customer's phone service provider, comprising the steps of:
assigning more than one telephone number to one customer's telephone communication link, the one customer's telephone communication link in communication with two or more customer terminal units;
receiving a connect signal from a calling party terminal unit, the connect signal including one of the telephone numbers assigned to the one customer's telephone communication link;
generating a called telephone code indicative of the one of the telephone numbers included in the connect signal; and
sending the called telephone code to the two or more customer terminal units via the customer's telephone communication link whereby a user of the customer's telephone communication link is capable of knowing which of the more than one telephone numbers assigned to the one customer's telephone communication link was called prior to answering a customer terminal unit, the customer's phone service provider providing the remote PBX service for the customer without the necessity of a local PBX.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the customer terminal unit is a wireless telephone.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes the step of assigning a plurality of telephone numbers to each of a plurality of customers.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, further comprising the step of selecting, by each customer, local PBX services to be provided from the customer's phone service provider.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the step of selecting is defined further as selecting, by each customer, a local PBX service to be provided from the customer's phone service provider only after the customer provides valid security and payment information.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing, by the customer's phone service provider, separate local PBX services to separate customers.

### Claim 7

In a system having a customer's phone service provider, the improvement comprising:
a remote PBX apparatus having local PBX functionality therein for a plurality of customers without the necessity of having local PBXs for each such customer, the remote PBX apparatus generating a called telephone code indicative of a telephone number included in the connect signal and sending the called telephone code to two or more customer terminal units.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the remote PBX apparatus is associated with the customer's phone service provider.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein a plurality of customer terminal units is associated with each customer.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the remote PBX apparatus includes a customer interface unit that allows each customer to select communication and computer services to be provided.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The system of claim 10, wherein the customer interface unit allows the customer to select communication and computer services only after the customer provides valid security and payment information.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the remote PBX apparatus includes a customer processor unit that is adapted to control the communication for each customer terminal unit and is adapted to cause to be provided the communication and computer services selected by each customer each time the service is requested.

### Claim 13 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the remote PBX apparatus provides separate local PBX services to separate customers.