Telephonic communications – Special services – Reserved call
Patent
1991-09-10
1993-12-14
Dwyer, James L.
Telephonic communications
Special services
Reserved call
379211, 379265, H04M 342
Patent
active
052710580
ABSTRACT:
An automatic call distributing system for automatically distributing telephone calls placed over a network to one of a plurality of agent stations connected to the network via network service interfaces and providing agent status messages to the network, the system including receiving circuitry connected via a network service interface to the network for receiving the agent status messages and a call arrival message from the network indicating that an incoming call has been made on the network, and routing circuitry responsive to the receiving circuitry for generating a routing signal provided to the network to connect the incoming call to an agent station through the network. Also disclosed are handling transitions of agent stations using transition notifications, transition requests and forced response signals; and rerouting of telephone calls using incoming call notification signals, response signals, pre-notification signals, and calling line identification of the incoming call; the use of a combination of networks, some functions of the network services interface being carried out by connection to one network and some functions being carried out by connections to a different network.
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Andrews G. Wayne
Fried Jeffrey A.
Gechter Jerry
Pokress Robert L.
Dwyer James L.
Matar Ahmad F.
Unifi Communications Corporation
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