Shared line appearance across a plurality of switching systems
CA 2107754 C · Owner: Thieler, Stephen Max · Inventors: Crumpley, Robert Louis; Thieler, Stephen Max; Bales, Bruce Merrill
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Allowing a shared line appearance feature to be implemented on a plurality of telephone station sets which are connected to different telecommunication switching systems. The telecommunication switching systems can be interconnected to each other via the public telephone network utilizing standard telecommunication links. A software application program provides a termination point for a directory number that is associated with a shared line appearance. The software application program receives all incoming calls directed to the directory number and determines the operations that should be performed with respect to the telephone station sets terminating the shared line appearance. The …
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- Filed October 5, 1993 and granted December 16, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 5, 2013.
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