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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
May. 15, 2023
Asd Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation, Media, PA (US);
Martin Czachor, Jr., Newtown Square, PA (US);
Jessica Czachor, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Kevin Czachor, West Chester, PA (US);
Norman Franke, Garnet Valley, PA (US);
ASD Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation, Media, PA (US);
Abstract
A called party is expected to activate call forwarding to an answering service when going off duty. In an attempt to ensure that call forwarding is activated, the answering service creates a check record for the called party in a database, including a call time at which to effectuate a check call. The call record is taken up at the call time thereof and is employed to place the check call. The placed check call presumptively occurs after the called party has gone off duty and activated call forwarding. A determination is made of whether the check call automatically forwarded to the answering service. If so, the called party in fact activated call forwarding, and the check record is marked as completed. If not, the called party did not in fact activate call forwarding, and the check record is updated accordingly.