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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:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark J Foladare, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Shelley B Goldman, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Nancy S Murray, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
David P Silverman, Somerville, NJ (US);
Roy P Weber, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379211 ; 379220 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for prioritizing telphone calls that enables a caller to specify priority criteria relating to the calls and a recipient to specify priority criteria relating to the treatment of the calls.