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Intelligent call screening of traditional telephony calls

  • US 20050053216A1
  • Filed: 10/01/2003
  • Published: 03/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for screening a traditional telephony call made by a calling party to a called party, the method comprising:

  • receiving, over a telephone network, the traditional telephony call from the calling party at a messaging service platform;

    recording an audio message from the calling party as audio data;

    transmitting the audio data from the messaging service platform to a computer of the called party while the calling party is leaving the audio message;

    before the calling party finishes leaving the audio message, enabling perception by the called party of the transmitted audio data; and

    enabling the called party to react to the traditional telephony call in response to the audio message.

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