Call forwarding to voice mail systems based on redirecting number
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorLarry B. Pearson
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a forwarded call. The forwarded call corresponds to a call forwarded from a first redirecting telephone device to a second redirecting telephone device. The forwarded call has an associated data message that includes a calling number of an originating telephone device and a first redirecting number of the first redirecting telephone device. The method also includes selecting a destination voice mailbox. The destination voice mailbox is selected from a plurality of voice mailboxes associated with a user. The destination voice mailbox is selected based on an evaluation of the first redirecting number and a second redirecting number of the second redirecting telephone device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a forwarded call, the forwarded call corresponding to a call forwarded from a first redirecting telephone device to a second redirecting telephone device, the forwarded call having an associated data message that includes a calling number of an originating telephone device and a first redirecting number of the first redirecting telephone device;
- and
- selecting a destination voice mailbox, the destination voice mailbox selected from a plurality of voice mailboxes associated with a user, the destination voice mailbox selected based on an evaluation of the first redirecting number and a second redirecting number of the second redirecting telephone device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a query message at a first node;
- determining that inbound call data includes a first redirecting number of a first telephone redirecting device;
- formulating a response message to the query message, the response message to indicate an address of a destination voicemail account, wherein the destination voicemail account is one of a plurality of voicemail accounts associated with a user, the address determined based upon the first redirecting number of the first telephone redirecting device and a second redirecting number of a second telephone redirecting device;
- sending the response message to a second node;
- and
- routing a call to the destination voicemail account based upon the address.
A system, comprising:
- a first node;
- a second node coupled to the first node;
- wherein the second node is operative to send a request message to the first node, the request message including a subscriber telephone number and a redirecting number of a telephone redirecting device;
- and
- wherein the first node is operative to send a response message to the second node based on an evaluation of the redirecting number and a second redirecting number of a second telephone redirecting device, the response message including a field to identify a number associated with a voicemail account, wherein the voicemail account is one of a plurality of voicemail accounts associated with a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.