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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2001
Peggy M. Stumer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Nissim Ozery, Parkland, FL (US);
David J. Swartz, Plantation, FL (US);
David A. Vander Meiden, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Charles Goodman, Nipomo, CA (US);
Joseph Budziak, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
Methods for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client according to the invention include detecting at the teleworking client when an emergency number is dialed, disconnecting the teleworking client from the PBX/MLTS, connecting the teleworking client to the PSTN, and dialing an associated stored number. The apparatus of the invention resides in software that is installed in off the shelf hardware. Though the invention is described with reference to a teleworking client, it may also be applied to any other dialup network connection.