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US 7,254,225 B2Granted
Call programming apparatus and method
AssigneeSBC Properties, L.P.
InventorsEileen Cecilia Schwab, Gayle Roberta Ekstrom, Gisele Arlette Marcus, Edward Alan Ossello
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Abstract
A method of routing incoming telephone calls and programming routing options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be routed according to various criteria programmed by a subscriber.
Claims11
A call programming method for establishing a customer profile for processing subsequently received calls to a subscriber, the method comprising:
- in response to subscriber key entry;
- entering one of
- a one number programming routine,
- a sequential number programming routine, and
- a simultaneous number programming routine;
- entering a key collection routine;
- receiving subscriber entries defining the processing of subsequently received calls to the subscriber to establish the customer profile;
- and
- storing the customer profile for subsequent access when processing calls for the subscriber.
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