Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Verizon Services Corporation

Tim Dalrymple

Jeffrey R Evans

Susan M Middleswarth

Michelle Madden Johnston

John J Bruce

A device receives, from a calling party, a call to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscriber, and generates a request for the calling party to record information. The device also receives information from the calling party based on the request, and provides the information from the calling party and call handling options to the VoIP subscriber. The device further receives a response from the VoIP subscriber to the call handling options, and handles the call based on the VoIP subscriber response.

Call intercept for voice over internet protocol (VoIP)

In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a remote device configured to receive an emergency communication from a subscriber device, a Public-Switched Telephone Network ('PSTN') switch, and a remote access device connected to the remote device and the PSTN switch. The remote device is configured to forward the emergency communication to the remote access device when the remote device is in Emergency Standalone ('ESA') mode. The remote access device is configured to form a connection between the remote device and the PSTN switch such that the emergency communication is sent to the PSTN switch. The PSTN switch is configured route the emergency communication to an emergency service application.

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Tim Dalrymple