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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2002
Applicants:

Michael Metcalf, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);

Peter Dingus, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Metcalf, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);

Peter Dingus, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and network that employs N attendant, messaging and content-based speech systems networked together to transfer call sessions via a VoIP bi-directional link. To enhance network performance, each of the N systems of the network includes an extension database having N city or system directories identifying the extensions and the names associated with such extensions. The caller is given a prompt to provide the network a city where the target resides. Thereafter, the network determines the target's extension by directly accessing the appropriate directory.


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