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US08462932B2 System and method for providing advanced call forwarding functionality
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用于提供高级呼叫转移功能的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for providing advanced call forwarding functionality
- Patent Title (中): 用于提供高级呼叫转移功能的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13445694Application Date: 2012-04-12
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Publication No.: US08462932B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Victoria M. Toner , Johnny Hawkins , Rich Schermerhorn , Shekhar Gupta , Mike A. Roberts
- Applicant: Victoria M. Toner , Johnny Hawkins , Rich Schermerhorn , Shekhar Gupta , Mike A. Roberts
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: Patton Boggs LLP
- Main IPC: H04M3/42
- IPC: H04M3/42

Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments include a method of determining a particular communications device to signal in order to contact a user associated with an organization. The method includes storing a plurality of device locations in memory. Each device location is associated with a facility of the organization and is also associated with one of a plurality of communications devices. The method includes receiving a current location of a wireless device associated with the user, comparing the received current location and one or more of the device locations, and determining the distance between the current location and the one or more of the device. The method involves selecting the particular communications device to signal from the plurality of communications devices in response to the determined distance. A ring signal is sent to the particular communications device in order to contact the user associated with the organization.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120196606A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVANCED CALL FORWARDING FUNCTIONALITY Public/Granted day:2012-08-02
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