Patent ID: 6223046
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A telecommunications system for coordinating requests for notification of when a terminal becomes available after failed attempts to contact said terminal have occurred, said telecommunications system comprising:a control node for storing said requests for notification and determining when said terminal becomes available; anda first requesting node for sending a first one of said requests for notification to said control node after a first attempt to contact said terminal fails, said first requesting node having a first priority associated therewith, said first priority having a timer associated therewith, said control node processing said first request for notification and informing said first requesting node when said terminal becomes available based upon said first priority, said control node substantially simultaneously setting said timer when said first requesting node is informed, said control node informing any additional requesting nodes that said terminal has become available only after said timer expires.