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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1997
Lothar Krank, Leonberg, DE;
Wolfgang Lautenschlager, Weissach-Flacht, DE;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method of establishing a connection for a communications network (KN ) in which two or more terminals (TE to TE ) are assigned to a user group (UG), as well as an exchange and a service computer to carry out this method. A call request is directed by a calling terminal (TE ) to a called terminal (TE ) of the communications network (KN ) which is assigned to the user group (UG). Upon a request from the other terminal or from one of the other terminals (TE , TE , TE , TE ) of user group (UG), a connection (CON) is established between the calling terminal (TE ) and the requesting terminal (TE ). Before the connection between the calling terminal (TE ) and the requesting terminal (TE ) i15 has been established, data (DAT, DAT′) which determine the calling terminal (TE ) are sent to the other terminal or at least to one of the other terminals (TE , TE , TE , TE ) of user group (UG).