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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Anil Punjabi, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Anil Punjabi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Communications, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gatekeeper () including a compare unit () and a record unit (). The compare unit () receives call requests and accesses a database which is a record of where a called party picked up the call, e.g., at home, at the office, via a mobile phone, or via an emergency number. The compare unit () performs an analysis such as a 'closest neighbor' analysis to determine the location of the user at the time of day closest to that of the present call. The call is then routed to the user at that location. The record unit () then makes the appropriate notation in the database for the latest call.