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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
James Thomas Maciejewski, Spring Grove, IL (US);
Claude Lee Harrington, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Nancy Ann Book, Naperville, IL (US);
Mary Louise Hardzinski, Palatine, IL (US);
Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., St. Charles, IL (US);
Susanne Marie Crockett, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Thomas Joseph Mcblain, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
James Thomas Maciejewski, Spring Grove, IL (US);
Claude Lee Harrington, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Nancy Ann Book, Naperville, IL (US);
Mary Louise Hardzinski, Palatine, IL (US);
Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., St. Charles, IL (US);
Susanne Marie Crockett, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Thomas Joseph McBlain, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
AT&T Knowledge Ventures, LP, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing information about a calling party to a called party is disclosed. Generally, a network element obtains information about a calling party when a telephone line of a called party is busy. The network element notifies the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party and transmits an audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party.