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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:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Kotik, Newton, MA (US);
Andrew Egendorf, Lincoln, MA (US);
Assignee:
Pilgrim Telephone, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ; H04M 3/56 ; H04M 7/00 ; H04Q 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ; H04M 3/56 ; H04M 7/00 ; H04Q 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. A telecommunications service provider monitors data relating to communications initiation criteria for at least two communicants in the telecommunications network and initiates communications between the at least two communicants if, by processing the data, it is determined that the criteria have been met.