Ralph Haber - Lewisville TX Atousa Raissyan - Fairfax VA
Assignee:
MCI Communications Corporation - Washington DC
International Classification:
H04M 342
US Classification:
379211
Abstract:
A telephone call processing system and method includes and involves a data storage sub-system for storing call routing and forwarding information, and a data processing and call switching system that is coupled to the data storage sub-system. The data processing and call switching system is operable to receive an instruction from a subscriber to a call forwarding service provided within the telephone call processing system to forward calls intended for the subscriber to a call termination location having a telephone system network address for a particular period of time, to store the network address in the data storage sub-system, to receive a call intended for the subscriber, to retrieve the network address from the data storage sub-system in response to the call, to route the call to the telephone system network address, and to initiate and route a notification call to the telephone system network address after the particular period of time expires. The notification call is intended to be received by the subscriber at the call termination location and to notify the subscriber that the period of time has expired.