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Call progress information in cable telephony

  • US 20050185776A1
  • Filed: 04/20/2005
  • Published: 08/25/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An arrangement comprising a cable, a plurality of broadband interface modules connected said cable, and a head-end module that couples said cable to PSTN network, where said broadband interface modules are adapted to connect to a television monitor and to a telephone instrument, the improvement comprising:

  • said broadband interface module (a) determines whether information arriving relative to a call that is incoming for said telephone instrument meets a preselected sufficiency level, (b) when said determination concludes that the preselected sufficiency level is not met, sends a query upstream, via said head end, to obtain additional information, (c) accepts said additional information to complement said information arriving relative to a call, and (d) displays said information arriving relative to a call, as complemented.

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