Patent ID: 6745025
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A system for forwarding an incoming call, the call originating from a communication device and being directed to a directory number of a wireless centrex system, the wireless centrex system comprising:an intelligent radio transceiver in communication with a mobile station, a local digital switch routing communications between the communication device and said mobile station and generating a message in response to the call, said local digital switch being further in communication with said intelligent radio transceiver via a wireline interface without being connected to any public cellular system; a clock generating a current time; and a network server platform coupled to the local digital switch and the clock, the network server platform determining where said mobile station is registered and how to route the call to said mobile station, said network server platform further determining whether the current time is between a begin time and an end time, the local digital switch being configured to forward the call to the mobile station responsive to the network server platform determining that the current time is between the begin time and the end time, and being further configured to route the call to said mobile station having a forward directory number associated with the directory number responsive to the network server platform determining that the call should not be forwarded.