At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

Sbc Properties, L.p.

Ameritech Corporation

Ameritech Properties, Inc.

Sbc Propoerties, L.p.

Theodore James Myers

Patrick Jay Walsh

Bruce Edward Stuckman

Jose M Cruz

John G Rauch

Kevin Daniel Kaschke

Muna Nabilsi

A telephone call is established between a local telephone () associated with a local party and a remote telephone () associated with a remote party. The local telephone () receives a voice signal from the remote telephone () responsive to establishing the telephone call. The voice signal represents directory assistance information, a name, a phone number or directions provided by the remote party. The local telephone () stores the voice signal in a memory unit () in the local telephone () responsive to receiving the voice signal. The local telephone () converts the voice signal to a text signal responsive to storing the voice signal. The local telephone () stores the text signal in the memory unit () in the local telephone () responsive to converting the voice signal to a text signal. The local telephone () edits the stored text signal in the memory unit responsive to storing the text signal. The local telephone () correlates the remote party's identity with the stored voice and/or text signal responsive to storing the voice and/or text signal. The local telephone () uses the stored edited text signal to make a new telephone call or to transfer the stored edited text signal to another electronic device.

Method an apparatus for converting a voice signal received from a remote telephone to a text signal

An improved pager with a touch-sensitive display screen and method for transmitting a message therefrom is provided. Inputting a message onto the touch-sensitive display screen greatly facilitates sending a message from the pager and is more versatile than using navigation or soft keys to transmit built-in messages or using a small keyboard to type in messages. The pager of the preferred embodiments is operative to convert the inputted symbols into a text message and transmit the text message to a paging network. Because the pager transmits the content represented by the inputted symbols, the pager of the preferred embodiments is more versatile than pagers using ink-based systems, which merely transmit the image of the inputted symbol. If the pager is equipped with a browser application, the message from the pager can take the form of a request to a server located in a telecommunication network.

Pager with a touch-sensitive display screen and method for transmitting a message therefrom

A tangible storage medium stores code which permits handling of unwanted calls from callers such as telemarketers, when caller identification is provided. In one embodiment, the called party adds the caller identification information for the telemarketer to a personal list after receiving the unwanted call. Subsequent calls from the telemarketer are intercepted. In a second embodiment, the called party identifies the telemarketer by detecting the caller identification information before answering the call. By providing a screen listing indication, the caller identification information is added to the called party's personal list before the call is completed, permitting the call to be intercepted and while future calls from the telemarketer to be intercepted.

Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information

Method and apparatus for converting a voice signal received from a remote telephone to a text signal

A combination reservation and navigation system includes a reservation communication device and a customer communication device. The reservation communication device provides the reservation information to various customer communication devices associated with customers responsive to organizing the reservation information. The reservation communication device receives customer information, including a request for a reservation for the parking space, from the customer communication device. The reservation communication device transmits electronic navigation information to the customer communication device associated with the customer over a communication link responsive to the customer making the reservation. The electronic navigation information assists the customer in traveling from a customer geographic location to a business geographic location of the parking space reserved by the customer.

Combination reservation and navigation system and method

A method and apparatus permit handling of unwanted calls from callers such as telemarketers, when caller identification is provided. In one embodiment, the called party adds the caller identification information for the telemarketer to a personal list after receiving the unwanted call. Subsequent calls from the telemarketer are intercepted. In a second embodiment, the called party identifies the telemarketer by detecting the caller identification information before answering the call. By providing a screen listing indication, the caller identification information is added to the called party's personal list before the call is completed, permitting the call to be intercepted and while future calls from the telemarketer to be intercepted.

A method of defining a user zone for a mobile user terminal in a wireless communication system including a network controller providing communication services to a plurality of mobile user terminals. The method includes the steps of locating a user terminal within the wireless communication system, referencing at least one user-selected vector from the user terminal location, and transmitting the vector information to the network controller. The network controller, in turn, generates a user zone associated with the user terminal as a function of the vector information such that the user zone defines a geographic region wherein the user terminal can access communication services of the communication system without incurring out-of-network fees. In one aspect of the invention, the user terminal includes a GPS receiver for determining the location of the user terminal and providing a reference for the user-selected vectors defining the desired user zone.

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East Dundee, IL, United States of America

Theodore James Myers