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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2004
Deborah Lewandowski Barclay, Winfield, IL (US);
David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);
Sanjeev Mahajan, Naperville, IL (US);
Thomas Lee Mcroberts, Naperville, IL (US);
Raymond Leory Ruggerio, Glenview, IL (US);
Deborah Lewandowski Barclay, Winfield, IL (US);
David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);
Sanjeev Mahajan, Naperville, IL (US);
Thomas Lee McRoberts, Naperville, IL (US);
Raymond Leory Ruggerio, Glenview, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the method and system provide for providing a call waiting method for use in a telecommunications network in which a first caller is engaged in a current call with a second caller, and for processing an incoming call from a third caller to the first caller. The method may have the steps of: providing identification of a plurality of callers in a predefined caller group; detecting an incoming call from a third caller to a first caller, the first caller presently being engaged in a current call with a second caller; checking if the third caller is a member of the predefined caller group; if the third caller is a member of the predefined caller group, signaling the third caller to leave a message to be sent to the first caller with a call waiting indication, recording a message from the third caller, and providing to the first caller a call waiting indication along with the recorder message from the third caller; and, if the third caller is not a member of the predefined caller group, providing to the first caller only a call waiting indication. The system implements the method.