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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1989
Percy B Brown, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Nga V Chau, Middletown, NJ (US);
Tung-Hai Hsiao, Freehold, NJ (US);
Georg K Karawas, West Long Branch, NJ (US);
Richard E LeCronier, New Monmouth, NJ (US);
Dawn R Parrott, Neptune, NJ (US);
Thomas L Russell, Jr, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Wen-Ping Ying, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A call delivery service (CDS) apparatus and method are disclosed which enable non-subscriber callers to a common carrier network to bill a voice message delivery to their billing code, and to check the delivery status of the message from the network during a subsequent call. Optionally, at the caller's request, CDS can deliver the message status to the caller at a predesignated station. In one embodiment the caller can optionally request a response from the message recipient or answering party at the called station.