Simultaneous telephone ring apparatus and method

a telephone ring and simultaneous technology, applied in the field of simultaneous telephone ring system and method, can solve the problems of high cost, complicated and difficult maintenance, and high cost of conferencing or bridging, and achieve the effect of saving time and money

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-24
MELDRUM ROBERT G +1
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This is not only a waste of time, but expensive.
AIN systems are very expensive, complicated, and difficult to maintain.
Consequently conferencing or bridging is expensive because phone service charges are accrued during the entire duration of the phone call.

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[0017] Referring to FIG. 1, a diagram of the simultaneous ring system 10 of the present invention is shown coupled between a telephone network 12 and the Internet 14. A standard user telephone line 16 is used to connect the phone network 12 and the simultaneous ring system 10. The phone network 12 includes a plurality of switching stations 18a-18n connected together in an arrangement commonly called a Signaling System 7 (SS7) network used for call set-up and disconnect. As is well known in the art, the SS7 network is used for establishing a call path between a caller and a target phone number. A separate voice path network is used once the call path is established. The simultaneous ring system 10 is also coupled to the Internet 14 either indirectly through an Internet Service Provider (not shown) or directly. In either arrangement, the Internet 14 allows Internet users to access the simultaneous ring system 10 for a variety of reasons, such as to sign-up for the simultaneous ring se...

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Abstract

Methods and apparatus for a simultaneous ring system. The system is configured to be coupled to the end-user line of the telephone network. In response to receiving an incoming call on the user-line, the simultaneous ring system simultaneously ring target phone numbers associated with the telephone number and transfers the telephone call to the telephone network if a connection to one of the target phone numbers is made. These and other advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed descriptions and studying the various figures of the drawings.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to telephone communication systems, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a simultaneous telephone ring system and method. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Trends such as telecommuting, virtual offices, contract employment, etc. have led to the proliferation of both land-based and cellular phone services. It is not uncommon for a person to have different telephone numbers at their corporate office, their home office, their home, and one or more cell phone numbers. Callers are therefore often required to dial multiple numbers in order to reach a person. This is not only a waste of time, but expensive. A number of prior “simultaneous ring” systems have been proposed. [0005] One type of known simultaneous ring system relies on an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN), which is a computer (or set of computers) that is integrated into the (typically Signal...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04M3/42H04M3/46
CPCH04M3/465H04M3/42161
Inventor MELDRUM, ROBERT G.CHESHIRE, JAMES R.
Owner MELDRUM ROBERT G
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