Patent ID: 8270589

Claim:
A system for routing telecommunications to a user, the system comprising: means for receiving a call; means for determining that the call is intended for the user; means for receiving an RFID signal from an RFID tag located with the user; means for determining the user's location in dependence upon the RFID signal including means for receiving three or more RFID signals respectively at three or more RFID reader locations from the RFID tag, and means for determining for each of the three or more RFID reader locations a distance between the RFID reader and the RFID tag; means for identifying a plurality of available telephony devices in dependence upon the user's location; a computer memory configured to store a preferences database, said computer memory configured to be accessible via a network; means for identifying a device-based preference for the user based on the user's location including means for selecting a device-based preferences record from said preferences database; means for selecting one of the plurality of available telephony devices in dependence upon the device-based preference including means for reading from a device-based preferences record an indication of a preferred telephony device type based on the user's location; and means for forwarding the call to the selected telephony device; wherein said device-based preference is one of a plurality of device-based preferences associated with the user and stored in said preferences database.