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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vladimir Nepustil, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 8826 ; 379 77 ; 379215 ; 379393 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to arrangements for leaving messages from a held telephone. A recording device or system attached to the held telephone station, to a PBX or to a central office switch records the message in response to a request from the held party. Advantageously, this permits a party who has been put on hold by another party a third alternative between the presently allowed alternatives of hanging on or hanging up; a message may be all that is needed and the held party can be saved from frustration.