Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Software Engineering Company, Ltd.

Hitachi Communication Systems, Inc.

Hitachi Communications Systems, Inc.

Masahiro Kumon

Takuo Tsuzuki

Masayuki Hashimura

Yoshiharu Kondoh

Mitsuhiro Kotake

Yoshikatsu Inokuma

Toko Ohtsubo

Akihiro Usui

In an incoming call service by which an extension can be directly called when a call comes in from another office, a dedicated terminal for selecting an extension to which the incoming call is connected is installed to enable the user to select it as desired, thereby increasing usage of call incoming lines for effective use. An exchange which connects an incoming call from another office directly to an extension, an input device for accepting specification of an extension corresponding to a specific incoming call, and a controller which includes a definition device for defining the correspondence between the specific incoming call and extension are provided. Upon receipt of an incoming call, the exchange connects the call to its corresponding extension in response to the correspondence defined in the definition device.

System for connecting an incoming call to a selected one of a number of

A method of telephone call, in which if a subscriber is unable to answer an expected call to this telephone due to a conference, business trip, vacation or temporary absence, the reason of not answering is registered with an electronic switching unit from the subscriber's telephone. When an incoming call arrives for the subscriber's telephone, the electronic switching unit decides whether the subscriber's telephone is advisable to call it on the basis of the registered subscriber status data. If the reason for no answer is registered, the calling subscriber is informed without calling the other subscriber by an audible signal or a recorded message.

Method of telephone call wherein status data inhibits calls and

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Yokohama, Japan

Masahiro Kumon