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Method for a program-controlled telephone switching system in which performance features relating to the setup of a call connection can be initiated from a subscriber station
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1988-08-23
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Granted: 1990-02-06
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Expires: 2008-08-23
Abstract
Abstract A method for automatically connecting an indicating telephone conditions in which when a subscriber calls another subscriber and when the called subscriber's phone is busy, a central controller which includes a memory automatically is subsequently connected after waiting tones and signal tones and cut-in tones have been generated. The method allows automatic connections and cut-ins without redialing by the calling station.
Inventors
- 👤 Marc Van Landeghem
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 16:48
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/58; H04Q3/62; H04Q3/625; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/20; H04M3/42; H04M3/42314; H04M3/48; H04M3/56
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for a program-controlled telephone switching system which comprises a central controller which executes all switching functions, and said central controller has a memory in which all the information required for the execution of the switching functions are stored and where specific performance features relating to the set-up of a call connection are respectively initiatable by a subscriber station, comprising the steps of calling subscriber station calling a called subscriber station, and when the called subscriber station (T1nB) is busy, automatically initiating higher-priority performance features call-back when not busy, call waiting and cut-in in succession after prescribed timed intervals until the desired connection occurs.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for a program-controlled telephone switching system which comprises a central controller which executes all switching functions, and said central controller has a memory in which all the information required for the execution of the switching functions are stored and where specific performance features relating to the set-up of a call connection are respectively initiatable by a subscriber station, comprising the steps of calling subscriber station calling a called subscriber station, and when the called subscriber station (T1nB) is busy, automatically initiating higher-priority performance features call-back when not busy, call waiting and cut-in in succession after prescribed timed intervals until the desired connection occurs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein after said automatically initiating step, acoustically and/or optically signalling occurs at the calling subscriber station.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
234 words
A method for a program-controlled telephone switching system which comprises a central controller which executes all switching functions, and said central controller has a memory in which all the information required for the execution of the switching functions are stored and where specific performance features relating to the set-up of a call connection are respectively initiatable by a subscriber station, comprising the steps of calling subscriber station calling a called subscriber station, and when the called subscriber station (T1nB) is busy, automatically initiating higher-priority performance features call-back when not busy, call waiting and cut-in in succession after prescribed timed intervals until the desired connection occurs, wherein when the called subscriber station is busy, automatically entering a call-back order with the connection of the busy signal, and the call-back order being executed within a first prescribed time interval after the called subscriber station becomes free, wherein said call-back order is automatically entered by hanging up the handset at the calling subscriber station, and it is automatically entered within a second time interval following said first prescribed time interval, and wherein the absence of a call-back order, automatically transmitting a call waiting tone to the called subscriber station during a third prescribed time interval that follows said second prescribed time interval and automatically cutting in the calling subscriber station when the call connection is not set up after the expiration of the third, prescribed time interval.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
234 words
A method for a program-controlled telephone switching system which comprises a central controller which executes all switching functions, and said central controller has a memory in which all the information required for the execution of the switching functions are stored and where specific performance features relating to the set-up of a call connection are respectively initiatable by a subscriber station, comprising the steps of calling subscriber station calling a called subscriber station, and when the called subscriber station (T1nB) is busy, automatically initiating higher-priority performance features call-back when not busy, call waiting and cut-in in succession after prescribed timed intervals until the desired connection occurs, wherein when the called subscriber station is busy, automatically entering a call-back order with the connection of the busy signal, and the call-back order being executed within a first prescribed time interval after the called subscriber station becomes free, wherein said call-back order is automatically entered by hanging up the handset at the calling subscriber station, and it is automatically entered within a second time interval following said first prescribed time interval, and wherein the absence of a call-back order, automatically transmitting a call waiting tone to the called subscriber station during a third prescribed time interval that follows said second prescribed time interval and automatically cutting in the calling subscriber station when the call connection is not set up after the expiration of the third, prescribed time interval.
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