Tammy L Brown

US Patent:

20150319310, Nov 5, 2015

Filed:

Jul 13, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/798025

Inventors:

- Denver CO, US
Richard Cerami - Denver CO, US
Tammy S. Brown - Littleton CO, US
Joel Frederick - Brighton CO, US

International Classification:

H04M 7/00
H04M 1/253
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Novel tools and techniques for providing a subscriber with converged voice services, in which calls to one of the subscriber's telephone numbers is routed to some or all of the subscriber's telephone numbers (e.g., sequentially or simultaneously, depending on system configuration and/or subscriber preference). Some implementations employ a VoIP switch to handle call distribution among the subscriber's various phone lines, even if some (or all) of the subscribers telephone lines are not VoIP lines. In such implementations, upon receiving an incoming call directed to one of the subscriber's lines, a service switching point will route the call to a VoIP switch. Instructed by an application server, the VoIP switch will set up call legs (e.g., via the PSTN) to one or more of the subscribers' telephone numbers. Optionally, when one of the call legs is answered, the application server will instruct the VoIP switch to disconnect the other call legs.

US Patent:

20140321454, Oct 30, 2014

Filed:

Jul 7, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/324741

Inventors:

- Denver CO, US
Richard Cerami - Denver CO, US
Tammy S. Brown - Littleton CO, US
Joel Frederick - Brighton CO, US

International Classification:

H04M 7/00

US Classification:

370352

Abstract:

Novel tools and techniques for providing a subscriber with converged voice services, in which calls to one of the subscriber's telephone numbers is routed to some or all of the subscriber's telephone numbers (e.g., sequentially or simultaneously, depending on system configuration and/or subscriber preference). Some implementations employ a VoIP switch to handle call distribution among the subscriber's various phone lines, even if some (or all) of the subscribers telephone lines are not VoIP lines. In such implementations, upon receiving an incoming call directed to one of the subscriber's lines, a service switching point will route the call to a VoIP switch. Instructed by an application server, the VoIP switch will set up call legs (e.g., via the PSTN) to one or more of the subscribers' telephone numbers. Optionally, when one of the call legs is answered, the application server will instruct the VoIP switch to disconnect the other call legs.