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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul F Gibilisco, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Marcus Hickerson, Jersey City, NJ (US);
James Kemble, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Eric J Linger, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Vince Scott Margiotta, Long Valley, NJ (US);
John A McMaster, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 8823 ; 379 8812 ; 379209 ; 379213 ;
Abstract
A method for completing a telephone call originating from a calling party and received by a called party. A menu of options is provided to the calling party during the telephone call. The menu options are announced to the calling party and a response is inputted corresponding to the desired option from the various menus. A comparison is made between the inputted option and a set of valid responses and the responses are processed.