Patent ID: 9143611
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of routing telephone calls from a calling party to a called party comprising the steps of: placing a call to the called party at a first number, wherein information identifying the calling party is associated with the call; receiving, by the calling party, context information associated with the called party from a context information server associated with the called party, if and only if the called party has authorized the calling party to receive the context information based on the calling party's identifying information, wherein the context information received by the calling party comprises a first amount of context information about the called party, said first amount of context information comprising at least presence information of the called party, the called party's current local time, the called party's current location, and the called party's current availability, wherein said first amount of context information is dependent upon the identity of the calling party; subsequent to the receiving step, receiving, by the calling party, the option to perform each of the following steps, if and only if the called party has authorized the calling party to perform the following steps: (i) connecting the call to the called party, and (ii) selecting a redirection option with the call, wherein said step of selecting further comprises the steps of: receiving, by the calling party, the outcome of the selected redirection option.