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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2006
Applicants:

Cynthia Florkey, Chicago, IL (US);

Ruth Schaefer Gayde, Naperville, IL (US);

John Richard Rosenberg, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Inventors:

Cynthia Florkey, Chicago, IL (US);

Ruth Schaefer Gayde, Naperville, IL (US);

John Richard Rosenberg, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Assignee:

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for multiple leg call processing, in which the timing of a plurality of outgoing call legs is determined according to a plurality of parameters in order to achieve near simultaneous notification of a group of member directory numbers. The parameters can include static information obtained from a network database such as end user device technology type, call forwarding disposition, answering machine or voicemail service, geographic distance to the member directory number, and/or signaling type and carrier or other local information. Actual setup times may be measured for use in determining the timing of the outgoing call leg processing, which may be used alone or in combination with the local and static information parameters to determine the outgoing call schedule for routing the call to multiple member directory numbers.


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