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Method and apparatus for dispatching services

CA 2005383 C · Owner: Dictaphone Corporation · Inventors: Bergeron, Lawrence E.; Ellis, David A.; Goldson, John D.

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A method and system for the dispatch of resources to remote sites in response to alarm signals. A preferred embodiment particularly relates to a system for the dispatch of field service engineers to a plurality of remote sites in response to fault conditions detected in systems for the storage and retrieval of voice signals. A processor accesses a database of field service engineers designated to provide services to particular remote sites in response to alarm signals received from those sites and then attempts to establish a telephone connection with the field service engineer. Once communication is established the processor, provides the field service engineer with information by means of …

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  • Filed December 13, 1989 and granted February 15, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 13, 2009.
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FiledDecember 13, 1989
GrantedFebruary 15, 2000
Term endedDecember 13, 2009
Patent numberCA 2005383 C
Classification (IPC)H04M11/00 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 13, 1989Patent grantedFeb 15, 2000Term endedDec 13, 2009

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