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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:
Nov. 18, 2008

Filed:

Sep. 05, 2002
Applicants:

Anthony J. Dezonno, Bloomingdale, IL (US);

Robert T. Eitel, Barlett, IL (US);

Inventors:

Anthony J. Dezonno, Bloomingdale, IL (US);

Robert T. Eitel, Barlett, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/16 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for setting up a voice call between a client and one of a plurality of agents of an organization. The method includes the steps of detecting a contact request associated with the client determining a communication system address of the client based upon the detected contact request transferring a request to a router at a router Internet protocol address for a voice connection between the client at the determined address and one of the plurality of agents selecting an agent of the plurality of agents and forming a voice channel between the determined address of the client and an agent Internet protocol address of a terminal of the selected agent.


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