Tammy E Brown

US Patent:

20120127986, May 24, 2012

Filed:

Oct 12, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/271915

Inventors:

John Verbil - Scottsdale AZ, US
Richard Cerami - Denver CO, US
Tammy S. Brown - Littleton CO, US
Joel Frederick - Brighton CO, US

Assignee:

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. - Denver CO

International Classification:

H04L 12/66

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.