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AssigneeData Race, Inc.
InventorsLeven E. Staples, W. B. Barker, Kenneth L. Witt
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A system and method for enabling a remote user to maintain a virtual presence at a corporate office and behave substantially as if the user were physically present at the corporate office. First the remote user establishes a virtual presence connection at the corporate office, including providing identification and security information. Once the remote user is connected, the virtual presence server instructs the corporate PBX to automatically forward all calls to the remote user. The virtual presence server also routes email, faxes, and LAN data to the remote user. The virtual presence server also extends the corporate PBX and corporate LAN features to the remote user, just as if the remote user were physically located in the corporate office. According to the invention, the remote user makes outgoing telephone calls, sends faxes, transmits data, sends email and performs Internet access as if the remote user were physically present in the corporate office. The virtual presence server and/or the user communication device also performs a call forwarding operation to call forward telephone calls made to the user's home to the virtual presence server at the corporate office. These calls are then routed through the virtual presence server to the user's home. Thus the user can receive home telephone calls while the user is connected to the corporate office, wherein the home telephone calls are received on the same telephone line which is being used for the virtual presence connection.
A method for providing a remote user operating a user telephony communications device with access capabilities to a corporate office, wherein the corporate office includes a virtual presence server, wherein the corporate office includes a first telephone number associated with the remote user and used to access the remote user at the corporate office, the method comprising:
A system which provides a remote user with access capabilities to a corporate office, comprising:
A system which provides a remote user with access capabilities to a corporate office, wherein the system is located at the corporate office, wherein the remote user operates a user telephony communications device physically located remotely from the corporate office, wherein the corporate office includes a first telephone number associated with the remote user, wherein the first telephone number is used to access the remote user at the corporate office, wherein the system includes:
A method for providing a remote user operating a user telephony communications device with access capabilities to a corporate office, wherein the corporate office includes a virtual presence server, wherein the corporate office includes a first telephone number associated with the remote user, wherein the first telephone number is used to access the remote user at the corporate office, wherein the user telephony communications device includes a second telephone number, wherein the second telephone number is used to access the user telephony communications device, the method comprising:
A system which provides a remote user with access capabilities to a corporate office, wherein the system is located at the corporate office, wherein the remote user operates a user telephony communications device physically located remotely from the corporate office, wherein the corporate office includes a first telephone number associated with the remote user, wherein the first telephone number is used to access the remote user at the corporate office, wherein the user telephony communications device includes a second telephone number, wherein the second telephone number is used to access the user telephony communications device, wherein the system includes:
A method for providing a remote user operating a user telephony communications device with access capabilities to a corporate office, wherein the corporate office includes a virtual presence server, the method comprising:
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