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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:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven E Gardell, North Andover, MA (US);
Barbara Mayne Kelly, Concord, MA (US);
Rajiv Bhatnagar, Acton, MA (US);
Thomas James Antell, Westford, MA (US);
Israel B Zibman, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370401 ; 370260 ; 370352 ; 379202 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are implemented for providing traditional telecommunications service capabilities in a packet based computer network. The system and method of the present invention automatically provide such service capabilities in the event a terminal end-point is unavailable to receive an incoming call, based upon predetermined associations between the terminal end-point and one or more of the available services.