System for controlling a call termination on the basis of caller data in a private switched telephone system

Claim 2

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminals to which call is to be connected in response to each of the source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier: terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the termination mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using said destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to the found extension terminal; timer means for timing the present time; time differential memory means for storing a time differential with respect to different geographic areas; and local time calculating means for calculating the local time for a source address from the present time and the time differential with respect to the geographic area of the source address, wherein the local time of the source address is obtained.

Claim 3

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminals to which a call is to be connected in response to each of the source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; and termination control means, operative when the termination mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using said destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to the found extension terminal, wherein said destination information memory means stores the names of countries as areas based on source addresses and at least information on the postage and the carriage to each of the countries and provides information on the postage and the carriage by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 4

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminals to which a call is to be connected in response to each of the source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; and termination control means, operative when the termination mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using said destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to the found extension terminal, wherein said destination information memory means stores the names of countries as areas based on source addresses and at least information on the postage and the carriage to each of the countries and provides information on the postage and the carriage by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 5

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminals to which a call is to be connected in response to each of the source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the termination mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using said destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to the found extension terminal, wherein said destination information memory means stores the names of countries as areas based on source addresses and information on exchange rates for respective countries and provides information on the exchange rate by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 6

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminals to which a call is to be connected in response to each of the source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the termination mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using said destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to the found extension terminal, wherein said destination information memory means stores the names of countries as areas based on source addresses and information on exchange rates for respective countries and provides information on the exchange rate by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 7

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing a source addresses of calls and extension terminals to which call is to be connected in response to each of the source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the termination mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using said destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to the found extension terminal, wherein said destination information memory means stores names of countries as areas based on source addresses and tax information on each of the countries and provides tax information by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 8

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing a source addresses of calls and extension terminals to which call is to be connected in response to each of the source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the termination mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using said destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to the found extension terminal, wherein said destination information memory means stores names of countries as areas based on source addresses and tax information on each of the countries and provides tax information by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 9

The telephone system according to any of claims 1 through 4 further comprising: display means, wherein time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries are displayed by said display means.

Claim 10

The telephone system according to any of claims 1 through 4 further comprising: printing means for printing time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries.

Claim 11

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminals to which a call is to be connected in response to each of the source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the termination mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using said destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to the found extension terminal; and operation suspending means operative when the source address is originated from a mobile telephone for suspending operation of the termination control means.

Claim 12

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminals to which a call is to be connected in response to each of the source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the termination mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using said destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to the found extension terminal; and operation suspending means operative when the source address is originated from a mobile telephone for suspending operation of the termination control means.

Claim 13

The telephone system according to claim 7, further comprising: display means, wherein when the operation suspending means suspends operation of the termination control means, the suspension of operation is displayed by said display means.

Claim 14

The telephone system according to claim 7, further comprising: voice output means, wherein when the operation suspending means suspends operation of the termination control means, the suspension of operation is reported in synthetic voice through the voice output means.

Claim 15

The telephone system according to claim 7, further comprising: printing means, wherein when the operation suspending means suspends operation of the termination control means, the suspension of operation is reported in print.

Claim 16

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system; timer means for timing the present time; time differential memory means for storing a time differential with respect to different geographic areas; and local time calculating means for calculating the local time for a source address from the present time and the time differential with respect to the geographic area of the source address, wherein the local time of the source address is obtained.

Claim 17

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system; timer means for timing the present time; time differential memory means for storing a time differential with respect to different geographic areas; and local time calculating means for calculating the local time for a source address from the present time and the time differential with respect to the geographic area of the source address, wherein the local time of the source address is obtained.

Claim 18

The telephone system according to claim 11, further comprising: display means, wherein time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries are displayed by said display means.

Claim 19

The telephone system according to claim 11, further comprising: printing means for printing time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries.

Claim 20

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system, wherein said destination information memory means stores the names of countries as areas based on source addresses and at least information on the postage and the carriage to each of the countries and provides information on the postage and the carriage by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 21

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system, wherein said destination information memory means stores the names of countries as areas based on source addresses and at least information on the postage and the carriage to each of the countries and provides information on the postage and the carriage by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 22

The telephone system according to claim 14, further comprising: display means, wherein time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries are displayed by said display means.

Claim 23

The telephone system according to claim 14, further comprising: printing means for printing time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries.

Claim 24

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system, wherein said destination information memory means stores names of countries as areas based on source addresses and information on exchange rates for respective countries and provides information on the exchange rate by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 25

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system, wherein said destination information memory means stores names of countries as areas based on source addresses and information on exchange rates for respective countries and provides information on the exchange rate by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 26

The telephone system according to claim 17, further comprising: display means, wherein time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries are displayed by said display means.

Claim 27

The telephone system according to claim 17, further comprising: printing means for printing time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries.

Claim 28

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system, wherein said destination information memory means stores the names of countries as areas based on source addresses and tax information on each of the countries and provides tax information by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 29

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system, wherein said destination information memory means stores the names of countries as areas based on source addresses and tax information on each of the countries and provides tax information by country on the basis of said source addresses.

Claim 30

The telephone system according to claim 20, further comprising: display means, wherein time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries are displayed by said display means.

Claim 31

The telephone system according to claim 20, further comprising: printing means for printing time information based on time differentials, carriage and postage information by countries, and exchange rate information and tax information by countries.

Claim 32

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system; and operation suspending means operative when the source address is originated from a mobile telephone for suspending operation of the termination control means.

Claim 33

A telephone system comprising: destination information memory means for storing source addresses of calls and extension terminal groups in an automatic call distribution (ACD) system to which a call is to be connected in response to each of said source addresses; terminating mode memory means for storing trunk identifiers and terminating modes associated with each trunk identifier; terminating mode detecting means responsive to an incoming call for detecting a terminating mode from said terminating mode memory means; termination control means, operative when the terminating mode detecting means detects that termination should be done in a termination mode using the destination information memory means, for finding the extension terminal group associated with a source address transmitted from a network and for connecting the incoming call to an extension terminal of the found extension terminal group by means of a termination control according to the ACD system; and operation suspending means operative when the source address is originated from a mobile telephone for suspending operation of the termination control means.

Claim 34

The telephone system according to claim 23, further comprising: display means, wherein when the operation suspending means suspends operation of the termination control means, the suspension of operation is displayed by said display means.

Claim 35

The telephone system according to claim 23, further comprising: voice output means, wherein when the operation suspending means suspends operation of the termination control means, the suspension of operation is reported in synthetic voice through the voice output means.

Claim 36

The telephone system according to claim 23, further comprising: printing means, wherein when the operation suspending means suspends operation of the termination control means, the suspension of operation is reported in print.