Automatic telephone system with function for multiple out-dialed calls per caller

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Equipment providing information services whether installed, near a central office or provided as part of a PBX includes a search service for generating a number of outdialing operations in an effort to reach a subscriber of the search service for a caller. A plurality of outdialing operations are initiated simultaneously, sequentially, or as sets of calls in a sequence with each set including one or more simultaneously dialed telephone numbers. The numbers called may be extensions on a PBX, phone numbers within any area code cellular phones, or any, other type of number which can be reached by telephone. The caller is kept informed of the success or failure of the outdialing operations and …