Subscriber activated wireless telephone call rerouting system
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorDavid L. Chavez
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Abstract
The subscriber activated wireless telephone call rerouting system enables the subscriber to reroute incoming calls to an alternate destination which is off network. This service can be activated from either the subscriber's wireless telephone or from any other telephone that is part of the wireless telephone network or the non-wireless public switched telephone network and can be deactivated by the subscriber simply initiating a call from their wireless telephone. The alternate destination selected by the subscriber can be any telephone that is part of the wireless telephone network or the non-wireless public switched telephone network, either a local calling area number or a long distance number.
Claims14
In a wireless telephone network that serves a plurality of wireless telephone stations, apparatus for implementing a subscriber activated call forwarding service that reroutes all telephone calls that are directed to a wireless subscriber station to a subscriber designated alternate telephone station, comprising:
- means for storing call forwarding data received from any telephone station set that is connected to said wireless telephone network via a call connection, said call forwarding data comprising data that uniquely identifies a wireless telephone station served by said wireless telephone network and a subscriber defined alternate destination to which all incoming calls directed to said wireless telephone station are to be forwarded;
- means, responsive to an incoming call received at said wireless telephone network and directed to said wireless telephone station, for retrieving said stored call forwarding data associated with said wireless telephone station;
- means for redirecting said incoming call to said subscriber defined alternate destination;
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- means, responsive to said wireless telephone station being activated, for automatically canceling said call forwarding service.
In a wireless telephone network that serves a plurality of wireless telephone stations, a method for implementing a subscriber activated call forwarding service that reroutes all telephone calls that are directed to a wireless subscriber station to a subscriber designated alternate telephone station, comprising the steps of:
- storing call forwarding data received from any telephone station set that is connected to said wireless telephone network via a call connection, said call forwarding data comprising data that uniquely identifies a wireless telephone station served by said wireless telephone network and a subscriber defined alternate destination to which all incoming calls directed to said wireless telephone station are to be forwarded;
- retrieving, in response to an incoming call received at said wireless telephone network and directed to said wireless telephone station, said stored call forwarding data associated with said wireless telephone station;
- redirecting said incoming call to said subscriber defined alternate destination;
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- automatically canceling, in response to said wireless telephone station being activated, said call forwarding service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.