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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:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ;
Abstract
The invention allows a calling party who fails to get through to a called number and is diverted to a mailbox to set-up automatic re-dialling of the number. This entails the calling party's phone ringing the called number periodically for a pre-determined period of time, as defined by a user or within a PBX. The call is allowed to ring for a time less than the time at which the call would normally be diverted to the mailbox for the called number. Thus, the call rings for as long as possible without entering the mailbox. The invention thus enables a person to establish a call easily without cluttering the mailbox for the called number.