Patent ID: 6263071
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
In a telecommunications functions management system for a telecommunications service subscriber having a one or more telephone terminals associated with a one or more alerters which are operable at a plurality of cadences, said one or more telephone terminals being communicatively coupled to a telecommunications network, a method for managing alerting of an incoming call directed to the service subscriber, comprising the steps of:providing one or more predetermined call treatment options;associating each predetermined call treatment option with one cadence of the plurality of cadences;prompting the incoming call with the predetermined call treatment options:receiving an input selection from the incoming call;correlating the input selection to a particular call treatment of the one or more predetermined call treatment options; andactivating the one or more alerters to operate at the one cadence associated with the particular call treatment;wherein the one or more telephone terminals include cordless handsets; the telecommunications functions management system includes a personal communications controller which is coupled to the telephone network by a communications line of the telecommunications service subscriber; the incoming call is answered by the personal communications controller at which the steps of providing, associating, prompting, receiving, correlating and activating are effected; and the step of activating the one or more alerters to operate at the one cadence associated with the particular call treatment includes signaling, by the personal communications controller, over a wireless link the cordless handsets associated with the one or more alerters.