Customer premises call handling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8634331
APP PUB NO 20090190742A1
SERIAL NO

12020047

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A computer readable storage medium holding a program element for execution by a processor for processing voice calls. The program element comprises an input interface to receive at a customer premises a signal carrying a call request indicative of an incoming voice call, wherein the call request includes a call destination identifier. Also present, a processing element at a customer premises coupled to the input interface. The processing element processes the call destination data to distinguish the call destination identifier from other call destination identifiers that the signal can carry. The processing element also processes the call request to select a handset to which the incoming call is to be linked on the basis of the call destination identifier and links the voice call to the handset. Also provided are a telephone system and method and a telephone system and method involving forwarding calls to voice mail services.

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  • BCE INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Freeman, Karen Toronto, CA 4 53
Georgiev, Stephan St-Hubert, CA 23 117
Macphie, David Robert Toronto, CA 4 53
Sheppard, Nasahn Adam Mill Valley, US 69 951
Short, Jason Edward San Francisco, US 12 162

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