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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Peter Sherlock, Doylestown, PA (US);
William H. Blum, Harleysville, PA (US);
Marc W. Kauffman, Fort Washington, PA (US);
Charles Eldering, Doylestown, PA (US);
M. Lamine Sylla, New Britain, PA (US);
Peter Sherlock, Doylestown, PA (US);
William H. Blum, Harleysville, PA (US);
Marc W. Kauffman, Fort Washington, PA (US);
Charles Eldering, Doylestown, PA (US);
M. Lamine Sylla, New Britain, PA (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
An enhanced telephony services manager is used in a broadband communication environment, such as with a set-top-box coupled to a television monitor. A number of different telephony-based services can be offered and displayed on the television monitor (e.g., voice mail, call logs, Internet access, personal telephone directories, white pages, yellow pages, etc.), where a remote control, keyboard, or any other suitable interface device can be used to access the services. In accordance with the present invention, the GUI of the enhanced services consists of a set of menus that can be displayed concurrently with other video information on the television monitor.