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Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2007
Applicants:

Venkataramaiah Ravishankar, Cary, NC (US);

Cory A. Grant, Apex, NC (US);

Peter J. Marsico, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Inventors:

Venkataramaiah Ravishankar, Cary, NC (US);

Cory A. Grant, Apex, NC (US);

Peter J. Marsico, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Assignee:

Tekelec, Morrisville, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 1/56 (2006.01); H04M 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a call attempt triggered messaging service in a communications network comprises intercepting a call signaling message including a calling party subscriber identifier and a called party subscriber identifier. A call attempt triggered message generation (CATMG) database using the called party subscriber identifier is queried. In the event the called party subscriber identifier exists in the CATMG database, a messaging service message is generated. The messaging service message is then transmitted to a contact address.


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