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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Victoria M. Toner, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Johnny Hawkins, Kansas City, MO (US);
Rich Schermerhorn, Overland Park, KS (US);
Shekhar Gupta, Overland Park, KS (US);
Mike A. Roberts, Overland Park, KS (US);
Victoria M. Toner, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Johnny Hawkins, Kansas City, MO (US);
Rich Schermerhorn, Overland Park, KS (US);
Shekhar Gupta, Overland Park, KS (US);
Mike A. Roberts, Overland Park, KS (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include a method of determining a particular communications device to signal in order to contact a user associated with an organization. The method includes storing a plurality of device locations in memory. Each device location is associated with a facility of the organization and is also associated with one of a plurality of communications devices. The method includes receiving a current location of a wireless device associated with the user, comparing the received current location and one or more of the device locations, and determining the distance between the current location and the one or more of the device. The method involves selecting the particular communications device to signal from the plurality of communications devices in response to the determined distance. A ring signal is sent to the particular communications device in order to contact the user associated with the organization.