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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susanne Marie Crockett, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Tricia Ehlers Henry, Barrington, IL (US);
Roberto Carrion, Barrington, IL (US);
Mary Louis Hardzinski, Palatine, IL (US);
Thomas Joseph McBlain, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ameritech Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 1/100 ; H04M 3/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 1/100 ; H04M 3/42 ;
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting announcement to a called party that is busy on a first call and receives a second call. Information provided by a second calling party is recorded and played back to the called party after the first call is over. The called party is not interrupted during the duration of the first call.