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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:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey W. Gaus, West Linn, OR (US);
Murali Karamechdu, Beaverton, OR (US);
John R. Kadinger, Portland, OR (US);
Jeffrey B. Sponaugle, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
ITEX, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 3/42 ; H04M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 3/42 ; H04M 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for establishing and facilitating a voice call connection from a client computer to a PSTN extension includes incorporating offers to participate in a voice communication session into a call invitation list providing convenient and persistent access to such offers for present and/or future acceptance by a user of the client computer.