Patent ID: 7907718
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving at an Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchange (IP PBX) device an incoming call directed to a target telephone number, said IP PBX device storing a contact list parameter comprising one or more rule fields, each rule field comprising a telephone number identifier and an associated target extension identifier; searching the contact list parameter to locate a rule field corresponding to the target telephone number; determining a target extension identifier and a telephone number identifier for the located rule field; searching a hunt groups parameter stored in said IP PBX to locate a group field including a group extension identifier corresponding to a hunt group extension when the target extension identifier corresponds to the hunt group extension in the hunt groups parameter; and routing the incoming call to one or more target extensions corresponding to the target extension identifier associated with the telephone number identifier when the target extension identifier does not correspond to the hunt group extension in the hunt groups parameter or the group extension identifier when the target extension identifier corresponds to the hunt group extension in the hunt groups parameter.