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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2009
Robert Bardwell, Strongsville, OH (US);
Steven N. Large, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
A. Brent Summers, Louisville, KY (US);
Jeffrey E. Chulick, Ashburn, VA (US);
Craig Thrall, Marshfield, MA (US);
Scott Hallock, Longmont, CO (US);
Tom Bamert, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Robert Bardwell, Strongsville, OH (US);
Steven N. Large, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
A. Brent Summers, Louisville, KY (US);
Jeffrey E. Chulick, Ashburn, VA (US);
Craig Thrall, Marshfield, MA (US);
Scott Hallock, Longmont, CO (US);
Tom Bamert, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for directing calls placed to a telephone number associated with a user according to a reservation identifying the user, a workspace, and a start time. The method includes acts of receiving a first message from a telephone device located at the workspace in response to a first input at the telephone device on or after the start time, retrieving the reservation from a reservation database in response to receiving the first message, sending a second message to the telephone device based at least in part on a portion of the reservation identifying the user, receiving a third message sent in response to a second input at the telephone device, the third message including an identifier of the telephone device, retrieving the telephone number associated with the user from a user database, and directing calls placed to the telephone number associated with the user to the telephone device.