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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Robert E. Opaluch, Riverside, RI (US);
David C. Robbins, Grafton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/02 (2013.01); H04M 3/42051 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for providing custom alerts including a processor configured to retrieve a custom alert from a custom alert provider, a receiver configured to receive, from a user, a request to initiate communication with a communications agent, and a transmitter configured to transmit one or more signals over a network to communicate with the communications agent, wherein transmitting the one or more signals includes transmitting the custom alert for output at the communication agent.