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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
May. 03, 2004
Applicant:
William J. Infosino, Watchung, NJ (US);
Inventor:
William J. Infosino, Watchung, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 1/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communications system is designed to present a number of options to a caller who is attempting to reach a call-waiting subscriber already busy on a first call. The options are presented to the caller via an announcement that offers the caller the alternative of either sending immediately a conventional call-waiting alert signal to the subscriber, or leaving a message that is automatically delivered to the subscriber immediately after the subscriber terminates the first call.