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Call waiting feature for a telephone line connected to the internet

  • US 20020080776A1
  • Filed: 11/26/2001
  • Published: 06/27/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1995
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of processing a telephone call from a calling station to a called station that is busy as a result of having established a connection to a data network via an enhanced telephone switching system, said method comprising the steps of receiving said call at said enhanced telephone switching system and, responsive to said called station being busy, sending a message to said called station via said connection to said data network to alert a subscriber at said called station to the receipt of said call, and connecting said calling station to said called station via said connection to said data network so that a caller at said calling station may communicate with a subscriber at said called station.

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