Proximity-enhanced reconfiguration of telephone ring list
AssigneeCSC Holdings, LLC
InventorJonathan Greenfield
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Abstract
Proximity of a user/device to a designated location or other user/device can be determined and used to trigger automatic reconfiguration of a telephone ring list associated with the user/device. Accordingly, there is no need for manual reconfiguration to accommodate changes in the user's location or schedule. Specific phone numbers may be added or removed from a user's ring list based on proximity information, and the ring list may be reconfigured as the user arrives at or departs from a designated location. The user's desired phones will automatically ring for incoming calls based on the ring list and/or an identification of the incoming call.
Claims45
A method, comprising:
- determining a location of a user associated with a first telephone number for receiving an incoming call, wherein the location is determined based the user accessing a non-mobile device associated with the location;
- configuring a ring list based on the user location, wherein the ring list comprises a plurality of different telephone numbers associated with the user and a voicemail associated with at least one of the plurality of different telephone numbers;
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- processing and routing the incoming call based on the ring list.
A system, comprising:
- a control system configured to determine a location of a user associated with a first telephone number for receiving an incoming call, wherein the location is determined based on the user accessing a non-mobile device associated with the location;
- a ring list module interfacing with the control system to configure a ring list based on the user location, wherein the ring list comprises a plurality of different telephone numbers associated with the user and a voicemail associated with at least one of the plurality of different telephone numbers;
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- a processing unit interfacing with the control system to process and route the incoming call based on the ring list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.