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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2003
Applicant:
Gayle R. Ekstrom, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Gayle R. Ekstrom, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for treating telephone calls at a services node prior to completing the telephone call. The services node may provide a variety of services to treat the telephone call such as a Personal Access Service or playing a pre-recorded message. After treatment at the services node, the system recognizes that the telephone call has already been treated at a services node and the call is completed.