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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
May. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward A. Youngs, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ;
Abstract
A method of coordinating an incoming call among a plurality of telephony devices includes generating an incoming call notification signal and a call status signal at each telephony device. In the presence of the incoming call, the incoming call notification signal is generated at each telephony device. Upon answering of the incoming call at an answering telephony device of the plurality of telephony devices, the call status signal is generated at each telephony device to inform a user of a status of the answered call.