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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. 12, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley Kugell, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
David Friend, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Faxnet Corp., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 89 ; 379211 ; 379 77 ;
Abstract
A method for providing a proactive voice mail service wherein a message is recorded by a voice mail server if the customer's phone line is busy or does not answer and the voice mail server then attempts to deliver the message proactively to the customer. The method avoids loop-back charges which limit the usefulness of present implementations of proactive voice mail and allow for a nation-wide proactive voice mail service utilizing a server with toll-free inbound phone lines.