Intelligent park and page functions in a communication system

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, enable the processor to implement a park and page function, the instructions including:

• instructions that park a call received from a caller;
• instructions that provide a page in a first target area in an attempt to summon a paging target to retrieve the parked call;
• instructions that, after a predetermined amount of time and/or after a predetermined number of paging attempts in the first target area, provide an additional page in a second target area that is different from the first target area in an attempt to summon the paging target to retrieve the parked call;
• instructions that receive a response from the paging target;
• and
• instructions that, based on the response received from the paging target, connect the paging target with the caller.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a call from a caller;
• parking the call;
• while the call is parked, determining a paging target for the call;
• paging a first target area in an attempt to summon the paging target to retrieve the parked call;
• after a predetermined amount of time and/or after a predetermined number of paging attempts have been provided in the first target area, paging a second target area that extends beyond the first target area in an attempt to summon the paging target to retrieve the parked call;
• receiving a response from the paging target;
• and
• based on the response received from the paging target, connecting the paging target with the caller.