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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Jeffrey David Couts, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Uday C. Sagi, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Dwight Randall Smith, Grapevine, TX (US);
Jeffrey David Couts, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Uday C. Sagi, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Dwight Randall Smith, Grapevine, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention is a data network system () and method for forwarding a communication message intended for one device to another device. A target user of a target device (one of-) configures configuration data of the target device for the system. The configuration information includes one or more forwarding lists in which each forwarding list identifies at least one next device (another one of-). The system then receives () a communication message from an originating device (yet another one of-) and retrieves () configuration data of the target device. Next, the system determines () whether the target device is available for interactive communication with the originating device based on the configuration data. If the target device is available for interactive communication with the originating device, then the system routes () the communication message to the target device. On the other hand, if the target device is unavailable for interactive communication with the originating device, then the system forwards () the communication message to a particular next device identified by the forwarding list.