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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2008
Kavita K. Agrawal, Boulder, CO (US);
William K. Bodin, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory W. Rybczynski, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Derral C. Thorson, Austin, TX (US);
Kavita K. Agrawal, Boulder, CO (US);
William K. Bodin, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory W. Rybczynski, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Derral C. Thorson, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Rerouting telecommunications to a user including receiving a plurality of RFID signals from an RFID tag located with the user, anticipating a user's future location in dependence upon the RFID signals, selecting a telephony device in dependence upon the anticipated future location, and rerouting an ongoing call to the selected telephony device. In typical embodiments, selecting a telephony device in dependence upon the anticipated future location also includes identifying location based routing preferences for the user. In typical embodiments, selecting a telephony device in dependence upon the anticipated future location also includes identifying device-based routing preferences for the user. In typical embodiments, anticipating a user's future location in dependence upon the RFID signals also includes determining a first user location, determining a second user location, and predicting a user's future location in dependence upon the first user location and the second user location.