Control of telecommunications system

摘要

A telecommunications server (2) controlling a plurality of telecommunications terminals (4) connected to a packet switched telecommunications system (40, 41), responds to call events (20) by transmitting an alert (251, 252) to each of the terminals. If the server is not capable of processing all the required event alerts in parallel, it processes the event alerts to the terminals in a predetermined sequence, according to stored prioritization rules (60). The priority accorded to an individual terminal may be set according to the alert mode (visual-only, or audible) currently set for that terminal (or the user currently using the terminal) for that call type or calling party.

主权项

1. A method of controlling a telecommunications server for controlling a plurality of telecommunications terminals connected to a packet switched telecommunications system, wherein the server responds to an incoming call event by transmitting notifications to each of the terminals so as to initiate simultaneous call alerts at each terminal, and wherein each terminal has a set of associated notification modes by which call events of specified types are notified to the user,
characterised in that: the set of notification modes for each terminal are maintained in a store associated with the server and, for each call event, the server identifies the call event type and processes the event notifications for the respective terminals in a sequence according to the notification modes specified for the respective terminals for the call event type identified by the server.