Patent ID: 6018668
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of connecting a phone call from an originating phone having an originating phone identifier to a group of phones each having a destination phone identifier and collectively having a group phone identifier, the originating phone identifier being contained in a caller id field of a call request issued by the originating phone, the method comprising the steps of:receiving the associated group phone identifier at a group call server;removing the originating phone identifier from the caller id field;writing the group phone identifier into the caller id field;identifying the destination phone identifiers for each of the phones in the group of phones based on the associated group phone identifier received by the group call server;issuing routing instructions from the group call server to a radio switch identifying each of the destination phone identifiers for each phone in the group of phones;receiving the routing instructions from the group call server and routing a page request including the caller id field with the group phone identifier to each phone in the group of phones;receiving the page request;reading the group phone identifier from the caller id field; andlooking up the group phone identifier in a group identifier lookup table.