公开(公告)号：US20240388658A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-21

申请号：US18197437

申请日：2023-05-15

Applicant: ASD Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation

Inventor： Martin CZACHOR, JR. ,  Jessica CZACHOR ,  Kevin CZACHOR ,  Norman FRANKE

IPC: H04M3/54

Abstract: A called party is expected to activate call forwarding to an answering service when going off duty. In an attempt to ensure that call forwarding is activated, the answering service creates a check record for the called party in a database, including a call time at which to effectuate a check call. The call record is taken up at the call time thereof and is employed to place the check call. The placed check call presumptively occurs after the called party has gone off duty and activated call forwarding. A determination is made of whether the check call automatically forwarded to the answering service. If so, the called party in fact activated call forwarding, and the check record is marked as completed. If not, the called party did not in fact activate call forwarding, and the check record is updated accordingly.