James L Shepard

US Patent:

54757460, Dec 12, 1995

Filed:

Aug 17, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/291316

Inventors:

Eileen O. Miller - Short Hills NJ
James B. Shepard - Pickerington OH

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342

US Classification:

379201

Abstract:

A telephone subscriber to a long distance telecommunication system is permitted, in accordance with this invention, to enter changes in real time utilizing a conventional Touch-tone telephone to control the routing or handling of incoming calls. A real-time update network control point (RTU NCP) is accessed by subscribers and contains input steps which controls the entry of changes by the subscriber. Upon the completion of the entry by the subscriber of the desired changes in RTU NCP, the latter causes the changes to be transmitted to the subscriber's NCP (SUB NCP) which controls the processing of incoming calls to a directory number associated with the subscriber based on subscriber data stored in the SUB NCP. The SUB NCP data corresponding to the subscriber is modified in accordance with the changes, so that incoming calls will be handled in accordance with the changed subscriber data.