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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:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2013
Applicant:

Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Victoria M. Toner, Platte City, MO (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);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04M 3/42263 (2013.01); H04M 1/72513 (2013.01); H04M 2203/1091 (2013.01); H04M 2242/30 (2013.01); H04M 2250/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed embodiments include a method of determining a particular communications device to signal in order to contact a user. The method includes storing a plurality of device locations in memory. The method includes determining a current location of a user or user device in response to receiving a communication request, comparing the received current location and one or more of the device locations, and selecting a particular communications device to route the communication request. A distinctive call forwarded ring signal may be sent to the particular communications device in order to indicate to the user that the call is intended for the user.


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