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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Larry B. Pearson, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jeffrey L. Brandt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Douglas Reynolds, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for a telephone customer to configure telephone service for multiple users at a single location associated with the customer. The location has at least two telephones, at least two phone numbers and a voice mail box. The telephone customer is visually provided an option to assign one of the phone numbers to one of the telephones. The telephone customer is visually provided an option to assign each of the multiple users exclusive access to at least one of the telephone numbers via their account identifier. The telephone customer is visually provided the option to, for each of the multiple users, allow access or deny access via their account identifier to the voicemail box.