Method and device in telecommunications network
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsSören Christensen, Paul Fjuk, Sören Wallinder
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus manually route incoming calls in a network in which an individual subscriber may be reached by the same telephone number on a number of different terminals, depending on, e.g., the type of incoming call and the time of day. An incoming call is automatically directed to one telephone, from which the subscriber may select to direct the call, e.g., to a fax machine, or an answering service. The terminals in question may be specified by the subscriber and identified by short numbers. An SSP and an SCP may be adapted to perform the service.
Claims7
A method for manually routing incoming calls to a user in a telephone network in which a number of terminals are used by the same user, the method comprising the following steps:
- specifying available terminals and how each terminal is to be identified;
- automatically routing incoming calls in the network to one of the terminals assigned to the user;
- manually selecting an action according to the type of incoming call, wherein the selection is performed by the called subscriber at the time of the incoming call;
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- automatically routing the call to a terminal depending on the action selected.
A Service Switching Point (SSP) adapted to request and receive and instructions from a Service Control Point (SCP) in a telecommunications network in which the same number may signify more than one terminal, wherein the SSP:
- routes an incoming call made to a telephone number signifying more than one terminal, to one of these terminals, in dependence of instructions received from the SCP;
- receives instructions from the terminal receiving the call regarding what terminal the call should be routed to;
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- routes the incoming call to the appropriate terminal according to the instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.