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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 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
Routing telecommunications to a user including receiving a call, determining that the call is intended for the user, receiving an RFID signal from an RFID tag located with the user, determining the user's location in dependence upon the RFID signal, identifying a plurality of available telephony devices in dependence upon the user's location, identifying a device-based preference for the user, selecting one of the plurality of available telephony devices in dependence upon the device-based preference, and forwarding the call to the selected telephony device. In typical embodiments, determining that the call is intended for the user also includes prompting the caller for the name of the user and receiving from the caller the name of the user.