Methods and apparatus to provide a telephone system configuration interface

摘要

Methods and apparatus for a telephone customer to configure telephone service for multiple users at a single location associated with the customer. The location has at least two telephones, at least two phone numbers and a voice mail box. The telephone customer is visually provided an option to assign one of the phone numbers to one of the telephones. The telephone customer is visually provided an option to assign each of the multiple users exclusive access to at least one of the telephone numbers via their account identifier. The telephone customer is visually provided the option to, for each of the multiple users, allow access or deny access via their account identifier to the voicemail box.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
conveying a graphical interface to a subscriber of a telephone service, wherein the telephone service provides a plurality of telephone numbers to the subscriber, wherein a plurality of users are associated with the subscriber; providing, via the graphical interface, a first option to designate a first one of the telephone numbers as a private telephone number to which only a first one of the users has access; providing, via the graphical interface, a second option to designate a second one of the telephone numbers as a shared telephone number to which a second one and a third one of the users have access; and in response to a selection of the second option:
enabling the subscriber, via the graphical interface, to assign a first private voicemail box accessible via the shared telephone number to only the second one of the users; andenabling the subscriber, via the graphical interface, to assign a second private voicemail box accessible via the shared telephone number to only the third one of the users.