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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2005
Stuart O. Goldman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Kevin M. Patfield, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Stuart O. Goldman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Kevin M. Patfield, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method of supporting a mid-call hand-off feature () is provided in a telecommunications network (). The method includes: connecting a first call through a first switching facility () of the telecommunications network (), the first call being connected between a first party served by the first switching facility () and a second party; receiving a second call at the first switching facility () for the first party while the first party is still connected to the first call; determining where the second call originated from; and, selectively connecting the second party to the second call in response to the determined origin of the second call.