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US 8,116,441 B2Granted
Call routing based on physical location of called party
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorJohn-Francis Mergen
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Abstract
A system may include a locator device to track a location of a user, store information identifying locations of a group of telephone devices, and identify one telephone device of the group of telephone devices based on the location of the one telephone device and the location of the user in response to an incoming telephone call request for the user.
Claims21
A system comprising:
- a locator device to:
- track a location of a user,
- store information identifying locations of a plurality of telephone devices and a virtual extension number that corresponds to the user,
- look up a PIN, based on the virtual extension number, of the user, and
- identify, in response to an incoming telephone call request for the user, one telephone device of the plurality of telephone devices based on the PIN, a location of the one telephone device, and the location of the user.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a user identifier that is associated with a user in connection with an incoming telephone call request;
- retrieving information identifying a location of the user using the user identifier;
- identifying a virtual extension number that corresponds to the user;
- looking up a PIN, based on the virtual extension number, of the user;
- identifying information identifying a telephone device based on the PIN and the information identifying a location of the user;
- and
- forwarding the information identifying a telephone device to a private branch exchange for routing the incoming telephone call request to the telephone device.
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A system comprising:
- a locator device including:
- a memory to:
- associate a user identifier with a location of a user and a ring signal,
- associate information identifying a plurality of telephone devices with locations of the plurality of telephone devices,
- associate a virtual extension number with the user,
- a processor to:
- look up a PIN, based on the virtual extension number, of the user,
- identify one telephone device of the plurality of telephone devices based on the PIN, a location of the one telephone device, and the location of the user, and
- provide information relating to the one telephone device of the plurality of telephone devices and the ring signal in response to the identifying.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.