A telephone call distribution system for determining destination for an
incoming telephone call in a telephony network including a service
control point (SCP) operates with a plurality of workstations each
comprising a telephone coupled to the telephony network and a proximate
computer station having a video display unit (PC/VDU), the PC/VDO
connected to the SCP via a wide area network (WAN), and a personal router
associated with each PC/VDU. The SCP broadcasts data pertaining to the
incoming telephone call and a request for a destination to individual
ones of the PC/VDUs via the WAN, and the personal routers negotiate a
destination based on individual routing rules and the data pertaining to
the call. At least one of the individual routers responds to the SCP with
a destination for the call. In some instances the workstations are
associated with a call center, and the call center may be CTI-enhanced.
Individual routers in this instance may be executed on a server on a
local area network connecting workstations at the call center, the server
providing individual routers to workstations in a client-server
relationship.