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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2003
Oliver Haase, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Kazutaka Murakami, Freehold, NJ (US);
Ming Xiong, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Oliver Haase, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Kazutaka Murakami, Freehold, NJ (US);
Ming Xiong, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for providing a connection to a subscriber having multiple subscriber devices utilizing different communications protocols are disclosed. The subscriber is associated with an address to which incoming calls are addressed. The method and system provide for completing an incoming call to the subscriber address via one of the subscriber devices, where the device is selected from the subscriber devices based on a subscriber profile. The profile generally includes respective service profiles for each of the communications protocols utilized to establish the call, respective service profiles for each of the subscriber devices, and a user destination selection policy describing routing parameters that determine routing of the call to one or more of the subscriber devices.