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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Michael Brennan, East York, CA;
Anne Grosman, Willowdale, CA;
Robert Alan Williamson, Aurora, CA;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Corporation, Montreal, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 72 ; 379 671 ; 379 68 ; 379 76 ; 379 8804 ;
Abstract
A call answering system or device for a telephone network provides a mechanism for an outbound message (typically a greeting in a call answering scenario) to be identified as semi-interruptible. An attempt to skip over a semi-interruptible message activates a warning message to alert the caller of the special status of the message. The caller may then choose to resume listening to the original message, or confirm their decision to skip it.