Patent ID: 6898274
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method in a communications system for routing a call, the method comprising: specifying a call routing schedule that is based on a current time of day; specifying, by a subscriber, a list of functions, each function being associated with a different activity of said subscriber; receiving a call; identifying call routing information for the call; routing calls according to a current time of day utilizing said call routing schedule unless function-based routing is active and a function from said list has been selected; determining, utilizing said call routing information, whether said subscriber has activated function-based routing; determining, utilizing said call routing information, whether said function from said list has been selected; in response to determining that said subscriber has activated function-based routing and said function from said list of functions has been selected, overriding said call routing schedule, said selected function being used for routing calls regardless of said subscriber's current location; routing the call using a sequence of destinations associated with the function instead of routing the call using the call routing schedule; monitoring results from routing of the call; and automatically modifying the call routing information based on the results to form modified call routing information, wherein subsequent calls are routed using the modified call routing information.