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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2014
Applicant:

Bandwidth.com, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

James Mulcahy, Raleigh, NC (US);

Anders Brownworth, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

Bandwidth.com, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04M 3/54 (2006.01); H04W 40/20 (2009.01); H04W 40/04 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 40/34 (2009.01); H04W 48/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/54 (2013.01); H04W 40/20 (2013.01); H04W 40/005 (2013.01); H04W 40/04 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 40/34 (2013.01); H04W 48/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

The location of a mobile terminal associated with a user is determined using GPS or by monitoring signals generated and received by the mobile terminal, etc. Coordinates for at least one hot spot defined by the user are accessed to determine whether the location of the mobile terminal is within the hot spot. When an incoming contact is received for the user, a determination is made as to whether there are any contact routing rules associates with the user. If so, the record of contact routing rules associated with the user is accessed and the contact is routed to at least two designated devices simultaneously, each designated device associated with a different telephone number.


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