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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2013
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
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);
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. 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.