Patent ID: 6201950
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A communications system comprising:(a) a central processing unit;(b) a communications interface for connection to a telephone system and to a signaling system, the signaling system communicating with a plurality of subscribers;(c) apparatus connecting said communications interface with said central processing unit, said central processing unit operating under program control to detect an inbound call from a caller directed to one of said subscribers via said communication interface, to initiate while the inbound call is still active a plurality of communications seeking said one of said subscribers in response to said inbound call, at least one of said communications including a signal to said one of said subscribers via said signaling system and at least another one of said communications including a telephone call placed via said communications interface to a telephone apparatus at an expected location of said one of said subscribers.