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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Parminder S Sikand, Richmond, CA (US);
Mary J McAllister, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 67 ; 379265 ; 379266 ; 379309 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is shown for holding callers in a queue for the broadcast of a message. Callers are assembled by a common attribute such as a caller I.D. The callers are assembled in a queue according to this attribute and according to a suitable priority process. Once the callers are assembled into a set, the priority process has been completed, then all of the callers within the set are connected to receive the same broadcasted message.