CA2123348A1 - Telecommunications System Sequence Calling - Google Patents

Telecommunications System Sequence Calling

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CA2123348A1
CA2123348A1 CA2123348A CA2123348A CA2123348A1 CA 2123348 A1 CA2123348 A1 CA 2123348A1 CA 2123348 A CA2123348 A CA 2123348A CA 2123348 A CA2123348 A CA 2123348A CA 2123348 A1 CA2123348 A1 CA 2123348A1
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telecommunications system
system sequence
sequence calling
subscriber
calling
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CA2123348A
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CA2123348C (en
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Ronald David Slusky
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AT&T Corp
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/4228—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers in networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/46—Arrangements for calling a number of substations in a predetermined sequence until an answer is obtained
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q3/00—Selecting arrangements
    • H04Q3/0016—Arrangements providing connection between exchanges
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42229—Personal communication services, i.e. services related to one subscriber independent of his terminal and/or location
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/53—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems
    • H04M3/533—Voice mail systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/54—Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber

Abstract

A call sequencing facility is deployed in a telecommunications network to allow a caller who is trying to reach a called subscriber to be routed to each of a sequence of telephone numbers specified by the subscriber, even though a call placed to one such telephone number is answered.
CA002123348A 1993-07-29 1994-05-11 Telecommunications system sequence calling Expired - Lifetime CA2123348C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US08/099,114 US5487111A (en) 1993-07-29 1993-07-29 Telecommunications system sequence calling
US099,114 1993-07-29

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CA2123348A1 true CA2123348A1 (en) 1995-01-30
CA2123348C CA2123348C (en) 1997-11-18

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EP (1) EP0637159B1 (en)
JP (1) JP3012152B2 (en)
KR (1) KR100227159B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1104011A (en)
AU (1) AU677841B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9402891A (en)
CA (1) CA2123348C (en)
DE (1) DE69433990T2 (en)

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US5487111A (en) 1996-01-23
KR950004844A (en) 1995-02-18
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KR100227159B1 (en) 1999-10-15
AU677841B2 (en) 1997-05-08
CA2123348C (en) 1997-11-18
JPH07154490A (en) 1995-06-16
EP0637159A3 (en) 1995-09-13
BR9402891A (en) 1995-04-11
DE69433990D1 (en) 2004-10-21
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