Patent ID: 6058180
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
An automatic person-following system for a telephone switching machine having at least one 2-way DID trunk operative for receiving incoming and transmitting outgoing calls and having a 3-way calling feature for use with said trunk, a bank of data storage cells accessible from said DID trunk each cell having storage capacity for storing at least one pre-recorded message, at least one incoming message and a plurality of pre-recorded telephone numbers associated with a person; signaling means for signaling a hookswitch flash to said DID trunk, and dialing means for automatically dialing a first one of said pre-recorded telephone numbers to said DID trunk after sending said hookswitch flash signal; means for automatically determining whether said person has answered at said first pre-recorded telephone number; and means for automatically sequentially dialing each additional one of said pre-recorded telephone numbers to said DID trunk after sending a hookswitch flash signal until detecting that said person has answered at one of said pre-recorded telephone numbers.