Patent ID: 6668049
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of redirecting a telephone call to an intended recipient according to an instruction received from a recipient of a call notification related to the telephone call, said method comprising:receiving the telephone call at a switch; suspending the telephone call at the switch; sending a first query message from the switch to a server configured to receive the first query message, wherein the first query message comprises at least a calling party information and a called party information; looking up a network address associated with a communications center according to the called party information; looking up an intended recipient information in a database according to the called party information and the calling party information, the database storing information regarding a plurality of potential call recipients associated with a given called party telephone number; sending a notification message from the server to the communications center, said notification message including at least the calling party information and the intended recipient information; receiving a response from the communications center to the server, said response including a call processing instruction initiated by one of the plurality of potential call recipients; sending a response to the first query message from the server to the switch, said response based at least in part on the call processing instructions; and completing the telephone call according to the response from the server.