Sbc Properties, L.p.

Ameritech Corporation

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

At&t Knowledge Ventures, LP

Other

Sbc Technology Resources, Inc.

Sbc Services, Inc.

At&t Intellectual Property I,l.p.

At&t Labs, Inc.

At&t Services, Inc.

Sbc Holdings Properties, L.p.

At&t Teleholdings, Inc.

Thomas Joseph McBlain

Nancy Ann Book

Mary Louise Hardzinski

John Wesley Moss

Susanne Marie Crockett

James Thomas Maciejewski

Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr

Teresa Farias Latter

Carol Shifrin Gruchala

Dianna Inara Tiliks

Gordon Lynn Blumenschein

Karen Jeanne Pelletier

James Daniel Kovarik

William M Moy

Claude Lee Harrington

Kenneth Robert Stroud

Paul Wilczynski

Kevin Daniel Kaschke

Laura Marie Griffith

Todd August Bartels

David Anthony Orwick

Tricia Ehlers Henry

Diana Inara Tiliks

Walden Blaine Crabtree, Jr

Brian Scott Utesch

Peter Robert Neuwald

Roberto Carrion

Kelly Ann Multach

Elizabeth Marie Hart

Martha Lynda Marek

Ronald Stephen Urban

Steven Darrell Benfield

Robin Denise Brady

Tracy Lynn Kato

Mary Louis Hardzinski

Gayle Roberta Ekstrom

Laura Kay Culli

Stephen Mark Mueller

William Trost

Thomas Lee Adams

Richard Everett Sabinson

Elizabeth Goldwyn Gibson

Scott Ryan Watry

Michael Albert Machacek

Paul H Vlasek

Howard Mark Nodell

Mendel Keith Hamrick

Xiaolian Yang Bi

Rodney T Brand

Bruce Edward Stuckman

Douglas Marshall

Vanessa Besteda Jackson

Barbara Jablonski

Jayson Anthony O'Neill

Matthew D Brooks

John F Ashley

Casandra A Wallace

Timothy Gabriel Cannon

Mendel Kieth Hamrick

All calls terminating to a customer's directory number are intercepted. If caller identification information can be presented, the call is forwarded to a service node for disposition. The service node reconfigures signaling information of the call so that the call is not intercepted, then forwards the call to the subscriber's telephone. When the call is answered, the service node states the name or telephone number of the calling party which has been retrieved from the signaling information. The caller can decide whether to take the call, deny the call, send the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message or other disposition option.

Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including total call control for all received calls

A computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code, the code configured to provide caller identification information to a called party when standard Caller ID cannot be provided. If standard caller ID information cannot be provided for a call, the call is interrupted by the present service and the calling party is prompted for audible caller identification information. In one embodiment, when the audible caller identification is provided, the call is presented to the called party with a distinctive ring at the called telephone station. In another embodiment, the calling party may enter a personal identification number (PIN) to bypass the requirement for audible caller identification information. In still another embodiment, when the PIN is entered, the call is presented with a distinctive ring at the called communication station. In still another embodiment, the called party may send the incoming call to a voice mail system.

Convenience features in a method and system for providing enhanced caller identification

A system and method for emergency telephone call notification. The system includes an AIN capable switch, a service control point (SCP) having a database of designated contact numbers associated with a service subscriber telephone number, and an intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the SCP for contacting the designated contact numbers. The method includes the steps of recognizing an N11 trigger and the SCP initiating telephone calls, via the IP, to each of the contact numbers corresponding to the telephone number of the subscriber making the emergency telephone call.

Emergency telephone call notification service system and method

Systems and methods for providing enhanced caller identification screening using audible caller name announcement are disclosed. Generally, a request for audible caller identification associated with a calling communication station is transmitted to the calling communication station based on an analysis of a query comprising data indicating whether presentation of standard call identification information to a called communication station. Audible caller identification information is then received and transmitted to the called communication station.

Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification

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 announcement to a called party that is busy on a first call and receives a second call. Information provided by a second calling party is recorded and played back to the called party after the first call is over. The called party is not interrupted during the duration of the first call.

A subscriber implements and accesses telecommunications services, using a graphical user interface (GUI) via the Internet, and an interactive voice response (IVR) system via the public switched telecommunications network (PSTN). The subscriber can create preferences for calls placed to operator assistance.

Automated operator assistance with menu options

A method for communicating with a subscriber having a first telephone number that is out-of-service comprises providing a database that is accessible at least through a second telephone number, and allowing the subscriber to access the database to post a message. The message is made available to an interested party. A system for a subscriber to communicate with an interested party is also provided.

System and method for communicating with an out of service telephone number

A system () and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information can not be provided, even when a subscriber to the service has per line blocking. A service control point () detects the directory number to which a terminating attempt trigger is assigned and places this directory number in a parameter for transmission to a service switching point () using a forward_call message (). The per line blocking function does not interfere with transmission of this parameter so that the called party's directory number can be passed for processing and call completion by the system.

A telecommunications system distributes text-to-speech synthesis between a telephone network and a telephone subscriber unit. The telephone network receives a telephone call from a first telephone subscriber unit over a first communication channel intended for a second telephone subscriber unit, determines that the second telephone subscriber unit subscribes to a speech-based caller identification service provided by the telephone network, converts text information, representing the caller identification of the first telephone subscriber unit into symbols, encodes the symbols to form a data stream, opens a second communication channel between the telephone network and the second telephone subscriber unit, and sends the data stream to the second telephone subscriber unit over the second communication channel.

Distributed text-to-speech synthesis between a telephone network and a telephone subscriber unit

An AIN service for provides a subscriber the ability to configure outbound call routing rules. Using telecommunications variables such as time of call, call busy status, call unanswered status, and numbers dialed, a subscriber is enabled to configure a service control point to perform an action such as forward a call, send a page with a message, use a dial-around number, or send a PIN. A web browser interface may be used by the subscriber to configure the SCP.

Outbound call rules routing

An advanced intelligent network (AIN) based system and method that allows a subscriber connected to the Internet to receive customized call alerts and caller identification information concerning an incoming telephone call. Using client software, the subscriber associates telephone numbers to sound files. Then, when an incoming call with caller identification information is received, the client software determines whether the incoming telephone number points to a sound file. If so, the client software directs the sound file to play.

Method and system for presenting customized call alerts in a service for internet caller identification

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

Thomas Joseph McBlain