Patent ID: 7289619
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating user portability in a work environment comprising the steps of: providing an inventory of resources including a plurality of shared physical resources and corresponding voice communication extensions available to be searched for and reserved, establishing a voice communication profile for at least one user and associating the voice communication profile with a first physical workspace resource and corresponding voice communication extension, and removing said first physical workspace resource from being a resource available for reservation; receiving an electronic request from said user or a person acting on behalf of said user to reserve a second physical workspaces resourse for said user for a given time period to the exclusion of any other user during the given time period; at a determined beginning time not associated with the receipt of an incoming call, binding the voice communication profile to said second workspace resource while disassociating the voice communication profile from the first workspace resource, thereby allowing said first workspace resource to be available for reservation, and whereby incoming voice traffic intended for said user is received exclusively at the second resource's extension between the determined beginning time and the determined end time; and at a determined end time not associated with the termination of a call, disassociating said voice communication profile from said second workspace resource.