Sbc Properties, L.p.

Ameritech Corporation

At&t Intellectual Property I, LP

At&t Knowledge Ventures, LP

Claude Lee Harrington

Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr

Nancy Ann Book

Mary Louise Hardzinski

James Thomas Maciejewski

Thomas Joseph McBlain

Susanne Marie Crockett

A system and method for providing information about a calling party to a called party is disclosed. Generally, a network element obtains information about a calling party when a telephone line of a called party is busy. The network element notifies the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party and transmits an audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party.

Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting

A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representation of information associated with a current calling party. The call waiting message alerts the customer that a current call is waiting and provides the customer with information that assists the customer in deciding whether or not to take the current call. The call waiting indicator and the information associated with a current calling party are automatically transmitted to the customer without any customer commands.

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Claude Lee Harrington