Lucent Technologies 8.2 User Manual

Issue 1

April 2000

Features and technical reference 

1176

Bridged Call Appearance 

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If a call terminates at a telephone on an extension number other than the 
primary extension number (for example, terminating extension group 
(TEG), uniform call distribution (UCD) group, call coverage answer group, 
or direct department calling (DDC) group extension number), a bridged 
call appearance is not maintained. Therefore, the primary telephone should 
not be made a member of such a group (even though administration of this 
is not prohibited).

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The Bridged Call Appearance feature should not be considered as a 
replacement for Call Coverage or any other similar features.

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If two parties are bridged together on an active call with a third party, and if 
the conference tone feature is enabled, conference tone is heard.

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The number of bridged call appearances allowed at each telephone is 
limited only by the number of 2-lamp buttons available on the telephone. 
The number of appearances per primary extension varies by system. See 
DEFINITY ECS System Description for this information.

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Up to six parties can be off-hook and involved in a conversation on a 
bridged appearance of an extension.

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A bridging telephone should have a bridged call appearance corresponding 
to each call appearance of the primary extension number at the bridged 
telephone. For example, if a primary telephone has three call appearances, 
a bridging telephone should have three bridged call appearances of that 
primary extension. This allows users to refer to the individual call 
appearances when talking about a specific call.

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Bridged call appearances may result in the reduction of available feature 
buttons, thereby reducing a user’s capabilities. A Call Coverage module or 
expansion module can be used to provide up to 20 bridged call 
appearances. This leaves the other 2-lamp buttons as call appearances, or 
with other features such as Centralized Attendant Service (CAS).

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If a call terminates at a telephone on an extension number other than the 
primary extension number (for example, TEG, UCD group, call coverage 
answer group, or DDC group extension number), a bridged call appearance 
is not maintained. Therefore, the primary telephone should not be made a 
member of such a group (even though administration of this is not 
prohibited).

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Bridged Call Appearance should not be considered a replacement for Call 
Coverage.

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You can administer conference tone, which, when enabled, is heard when 
two parties are bridged together on an active call with a third party.