Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, systems and methods for providing telephony services to multiple devices
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Application No.: US14732492Application Date: 2015-06-05
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Publication No.: US10536491B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Arun Mathias , Najeeb Abdulrahiman , Teck Yang Lee , Ajoy Singh , Vikram Yerrabommanahalli , Rohan Malthankar
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/68
- IPC: H04M1/68 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W4/16 ; H04M3/428 ; H04M3/54 ; H04M3/42 ; H04M7/00

Abstract:
Described are call handling methods performed by a carrier network or client stations. A method performed by a carrier network includes designating rules for call handling for an account, receiving first and second voice calls for the account, wherein the voice calls may be either an incoming calls or originated calls and handling the first and second voice calls for the account based on the rules. A method performed by a client station includes receiving a first invitation to a first call, responding to the first invitation causing the first call to be active, receiving a second invitation to a second call while the first call remains active and responding to the second invitation causing the second call to be active and the first call to be on hold, the client station is prevented from originating a call when one call is active and one call is on hold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150271216A1 Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Providing Telephony Services to Multiple Devices Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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