METHOD AND SYSTEM TO USE FEATURE PROFILES CALL-BY-CALL IN TELECOMMUNICATION CALL HANDLING

摘要

It is the aim of the present invention to provide a method and a system enabling a subscriber to originate various call handling features which might be in addition number and/or time selective.These objective are achieved according to the present invention by a method allowing a subscriber (100) to use call handling features on a call by call basis, said method comprising the steps of: a) defining a plurality of feature profiles (137) , each comprising a number of call handling features (CCW, SCND, CFBL) ; b) storing the feature profiles (137) either in a customer premises equipment (CPE) or in a related switch (110) ; c) activating one of the feature profiles (137) by selecting one of the feature profiles (137) and applying the call handling features (CCW, SCND, CFBL) in the feature profile (137) to the calls as long as the feature profile (137) is activated. These method steps according to the present invention offers the opportunity to the subscriber to apply a selectable number of call handling features assigned to one feature profile to his outgoing and/or incoming calls. By defining a plurality of profiles the subscriber is enabled to select a distinct combination of preferred features by selecting the respective profile. Of course, this profile can be defined in a way that it is only active for the next originating call and deactivate itself after the call is terminated.