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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Barry S. Bosik, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Amit Garg, Freehold, NJ (US);
Lawrence David Jackel, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Rajeev B. Patil, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Patrick Joseph Smith, Butler, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Smith, Westfield, NJ (US);
Jeffrey L. Tuttle, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Barry S. Bosik, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Amit Garg, Freehold, NJ (US);
Lawrence David Jackel, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Rajeev B. Patil, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Patrick Joseph Smith, Butler, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Smith, Westfield, NJ (US);
Jeffrey L. Tuttle, Hazlet, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method of managing communications received by a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) terminating at a residence associated with a subscriber is disclosed. The DSL is divided into one baseband line, one or more derived lines and a data connection. A query is received from a Service Control Point (SCP) for subscriber preferences for handling an incoming communication. The query is translated into an Internet Protocol (IP) message and communicated to a web server. A Common Gateway Interface (CGI) application module is invoked that corresponds to the particular type of communication being sent to the residence. The subscriber's preferences for handling the particular type of communication are retrieved from a database. Based on the retrieved preferences and invoked CGI application, call handling instructions are sent to the SCP.