METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC FORWARDING OF COMMUNICATIONS TO A PREFERRED DEVICE - Patent 1568169

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EP 1 568 169 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.09.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	31.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/35

(21)	Application number: 03790053.7

(22)	Date of filing: 25.11.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04L 1/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/037706

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/049615 (10.06.2004 Gazette 2004/24)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

25.11.2002 US 428704 P
26.12.2002 US 436018 P

(71)	Applicants:
	Telesector Resources Group, Inc. New York, NY 10036 (US) Verizon Data Services Inc. Temple Terrace, FL 33637 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Reding, Craig L. Midland Park, NJ 07432 (US) Kunuturi, Nagendra Irving, TX 75038 (IN) Rajagopalan, Mahesh Irving, TX 75038 (IN) Singh, Jagmit Flower Mound, TX 75028 (IN) Helbling, Christopher L. Stamford, CT 06902 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
	Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC FORWARDING OF COMMUNICATIONS TO A PREFERRED DEVICE