Location based forwarding of a communication
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorSunil H. Contractor
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and a system for forwarding a telephone call. The inventive method includes receiving a telephone call from a calling party line to a called party line, determining a location of the called party, determining a proximity of the location of the called party to one or more subscriber locations, and directing the telephone call to the one or more subscriber locations based on the determined proximity. The subscriber locations may be predefined by the called party. The location of the called party may be determined using a global position system and/or a radio frequency signal, for example.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- setting a trigger at a component associated with a telephone number, wherein the trigger is associated with a location-based telephonic forwarding service, and wherein the trigger comprises an event that generates a message to charge the component to obtain call processing instructions;
- receiving, from the component, a request for call processing instructions corresponding to the trigger in response to receipt of the telephonic communication at the telephone number, wherein receiving the telephonic communication activates the trigger at the component;
- and
- when the request for call processing instructions is received,
- determining a current location of a receiving party associated with the telephone number,
- determining designators corresponding to a plurality of communication devices located within a predetermined range of the current location of the receiving party, and
- forwarding the telephonic communication to the designators corresponding to the plurality of communication devices located within the predetermined range of the current location of the receiving party.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- setting a trigger at a component associated with a telephone number, wherein the trigger is associated with a location-based telephonic forwarding service and wherein the trigger comprises an event that generates a message to charge the component to obtain call processing instructions,
- receiving, from the component, a request for call processing instructions corresponding to the trigger in response to receipt of the telephonic communication at the telephone number, wherein receiving the telephonic communication activates the trigger at the component, and
- when the request for call processing instructions is received,
- determining a current location of a receiving party associated with the telephone number,
- determining designators corresponding to a plurality of communication devices located within a predetermined range of the current location of the receiving party, and
- forwarding the telephonic communication to the designators corresponding to the plurality of communication devices located within the predetermined range of the current location of the receiving party.
A tangible computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- setting a trigger at a component associated with a telephone number, wherein the trigger is associated with a location-based telephonic forwarding service;
- receiving, from the component, a request for call processing instructions corresponding to the trigger in response to receipt of a telephonic communication at the telephone number, wherein receiving the telephonic communication activates the trigger at the component, and wherein the trigger comprises an event that generates a message to charge the component to obtain call processing instructions;
- and
- when the request for call processing instructions is received,
- receiving a current location of a receiving party associated with the telephone number,
- determining designators corresponding to a plurality of communication devices located within a predetermined range of the current location of the receiving party, and
- forwarding the telephonic communication to the designators corresponding to the plurality of communication devices located within the predetermined range of the current location of the receiving party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.