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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Samuel H. Christie, IV, Cary, NC (US);
Greg R. Utas, Irving, TX (US);
Steve J. McKinnon, Cary, NC (US);
David P. Ress, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for providing a calling party with options for call termination treatments. The apparatus allows the called party to provide options which are presented to the calling party for a treatment when an attempted communications session is not successfully completed, and it provides the calling party with the selected treatment. Various types of treatments include receiving a recorded message, transferring to a voice mail system, transferring to a pager, or initiating another communications session.