Method of processing a fax/voice call
AssigneeDialogic Corporation
InventorJohn Crook
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Abstract
A method of processing a call in which two or moreindependent application may simultaneously process a call. Upon detection of an event indicating that one or more of the applications are inapplicable, the inapplicable applications are simply discontinued.
Claims17
A method of processing a telephone call in a call processing system, the system comprising a plurality of call processing applications, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving the telephone call;
- processing the call simultaneously with at least two different independent applications immediately after said telephone call is received,
- detecting, during said processing, an event that indicates that at least one of said at least two different independent applications is inapplicable to the type of call being processed, and
- discontinuing the processing of the call by said at least one application when said step of detecting indication that said at least one application is inapplicable to said type of call being processed.
A method of processing a call either of fax or of voice, comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving said call;
- b) answering said call by running both a voice pressing application and a fax processing application immediately after said call is received, no matter if said call is a fax call or a voice call;
- said voice processing application and said fax processing application being independent;
- c) detecting whether there is a fax tone in said call;
- and
- d) if not, ceasing operation said fax processing application.
A call processing sewn for processing a call of either fax or voice, comprising:
- a receiving means for receiving said call;
- a detecting means for detecting whether there is a fax tone in said call;
- a voice processing application for processing a voice call;
- a fax processing application for processing a fax call;
- means for running both said voice processing application and said fax processing application so as to answer said call immediately after said call is received no matter said call is a voice call or a fax call;
- means for stopping said voice comprising application if a fax tone is detected in said call;
- and
- means for continuing said fax processing application to process said call if a fax tone is detected, said voice and fax processing applications being independent.
A call processing system for processing a call of either fax or voice, comprising:
- a receiving means for receiving said call,
- a detecting means for detecting whether there is a fax tone in said call;
- a voice processing application for processing a voice call and a fax processing application for processing a fax call, said voice processing application being independent from said fax processing application;
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- means for switching said call to said voice processing application and said fax processing application substantially immediately after said call is received so as to answer said call by both said voice processing application and said fax processing application, regardless of whether said call is a voice call or a fax call.
A method of processing a call either of fax or of voice, comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving said call;
- b) answering said call by both a voice processing application and a fax processing application immediately after receiving said call, said voice processing application and said fax processing application being independent of each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.