Title:
A PERSONAL DESKTOP ROUTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1998037677
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A personal telephone call router adapted to execute on a personal computer (PC) connected to a local area network (LAN) wherein the LAN is also connected to a computerized telephony switching system has a graphic user interface allowing an individual user to route incoming calls from his/her PC by drag-and-drop techniques. In some embodiments the user may also customize routing rules for incoming calls. In preferred embodiments incoming calls are directed in the telephony switch to a virtual routing destination. In some cases each individual user is associated with a specific virtual destination, and in others data associated with each call is broadcast on the LAN to be filtered at each PC on the Lan running a personal router according to an embodiment of the invention.
Inventors:
MILOSLAVSKY ALEC
Application Number:
PCT/US1998/002848
Publication Date:
November 26, 1998
Filing Date:
February 17, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GENESYS TELECOMM LAB INC (US)
International Classes:
H04L12/28; H04M1/663; H04M3/00; H04M3/436; H04M1/57; H04M3/42; (IPC1-7): H04M/
Foreign References:
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| US5384766A | 1995-01-24 | |||
| US5583862A | 1996-12-10 | |||
| US5550816A | 1996-08-27 | |||
| US5754636A | 1998-05-19 |
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