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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1992
Francis J Connell, Somerset, NJ (US);
Travis H Gordon, Madison, NJ (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and a method for completing over a communication switching system a series of short duration calls directed to a common destination and initiated from a plurality of sources connected to a call queuing apparatus linked to the communication switching system. When the dedicated link from the call queuing apparatus to the communication switching system is in use, subsequent calls in the series are queued. Without relinquishing control of the link, these calls are thereafter connected to the communication switching system, preferably on a first-come first-serve basis. The invention allows the overhead of call setup, both cost and setup time, to be spread over the entire series of calls, as opposed to being borne by each call in the series.