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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Lauzon, Mirabel, CA;
Stephane Proulx, Montreal, CA;
Nathalie Rico, Montreal, CA;
Sylvain Jodoin, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ;
Abstract
A service is disclosed which allows subscribers who have multiple telephone lines extending from the same end office and who subscribe to such a service, to now be alerted on all of their multiple lines of an incoming call to any one of their lines. Regardless of which line in a predefined group of lines the incoming call is originally destined for, the subscriber will be alerted of the incoming call on each one of their lines. Numerous enhancements to the service are also disclosed.