Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Convenience features in a method and system for providing enhanced caller identification
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Application No.: US11869534Application Date: 2007-10-09
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Publication No.: US08416932B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Teresa Farias Latter , John Wesley Moss , Thomas Joseph McBlain , James Thomas Maciejewski , Mary Louise Hardzinski
- Applicant: Teresa Farias Latter , John Wesley Moss , Thomas Joseph McBlain , James Thomas Maciejewski , Mary Louise Hardzinski
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/56
- IPC: H04M1/56 ; H04M1/64 ; H04M7/00

Abstract:
A computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code, the code configured to provide caller identification information to a called party when standard Caller ID cannot be provided. If standard caller ID information cannot be provided for a call, the call is interrupted by the present service and the calling party is prompted for audible caller identification information. In one embodiment, when the audible caller identification is provided, the call is presented to the called party with a distinctive ring at the called telephone station. In another embodiment, the calling party may enter a personal identification number (PIN) to bypass the requirement for audible caller identification information. In still another embodiment, when the PIN is entered, the call is presented with a distinctive ring at the called communication station. In still another embodiment, the called party may send the incoming call to a voice mail system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080031432A1 Convenience Features in a Method and System for Providing Enhanced Caller Identification Public/Granted day:2008-02-07
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