Patent ID: 6697478
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method in a simultaneous-ring system for providing simultaneous-ring telecommunication services, the simultaneous-ring system being connected to a telecommunications network via a system telephone line, the method comprising:receiving through the system telephone line at the simultaneous-ring system a telephone call from the telecommunications network, the received telephone call being directed to a first telephone number; upon receiving the telephone call at the simultaneous-ring system, retrieving at the simultaneous-ring system a plurality of target telephone numbers that are associated with the first telephone number; placing by the simultaneous-ring system a telephone call to each target telephone number through the system telephone line to the telecommunications network; and when the simultaneous-ring system is notified by the telecommunications network that a placed telephone call has been answered, submitting a request by the simultaneous-ring system to the telecommunications network to transfer the received telephone call and the answered telephone call so that a connection between the received telephone call and the answered telephone call is established that does not include the system telephone line whereby the simultaneous-ring system is not part of the connection between the received telephone call and the answered telephone call.