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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Jutten Lawser, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Steven M Michelson, Freehold, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379220 ; 379207 ; 379212 ; 379222 ; 379229 ;
Abstract
A call delivered to a called party (12, 120) is branded to identify to the called party the identity of the telecommunications carrier whose network (20) carried the call at least in part. Such branding is accomplished by triggering an announcement mechanism (34, 340) upon receipt in the network (20) of an indication that the called party has answered the call.