Patent ID: 7203299
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a telephone service, the method comprising: storing in a set of service information corresponding to a first telephone service subscriber, information associating values corresponding to different DTMF tones with different voice mailboxes; setting an AIN terminating attempt trigger on a telephone line corresponding to a service subscriber; detecting when said AIN terminating attempt trigger is activated by a call; operating a service control point to control a telephone switch to couple said call to an intelligent peripheral device in response to activation of the AIN terminating attempt trigger, wherein said coupling to said intelligent peripheral device occurs prior to said call being answered; operating the peripheral device to detect DTMF values entered on said call, after said call has been answered; identifying a mailbox corresponding to said DTMF values, by comparing said values entered on said call to said values stored in said subscriber information; and transferring the call to the one of said voice mailboxes corresponding to said identified values.