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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Lynell Earline Cannell, Naperville, IL (US);
Eric Harold Henrikson, Redmond, WA (US);
Donna Michaels Sand, Redmond, WA (US);
Lynell Earline Cannell, Naperville, IL (US);
Eric Harold Henrikson, Redmond, WA (US);
Donna Michaels Sand, Redmond, WA (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and communication system for sending a data message from a called phone to a calling phone while maintaining an active communication between the called phone and a first phone. The calling phone sends a call request to the called phone while the called phone is involved in an active communication with the first phone. The called phone sends a data message to the calling phone in response to the call request. The data message is sent while maintaining an active call with the first phone, so that the first phone is not placed 'on hold'.