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Method for call screening in a voice mail system

  • US 20050201534A1
  • Filed: 09/10/2004
  • Published: 09/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of remote screening of calls in a centralized voice mail system, the method comprising:

  • (a) receiving an incoming call for a subscriber telephone;

    (b) receiving a call screening enablement signal from the subscriber telephone;

    (c) muting a voice signal from the subscriber telephone;

    (d) recording the incoming call to a voice mailbox associated with the subscriber, while playing the incoming call to the subscriber telephone;

    (e) terminating recording and initiating two-way communication between the incoming call and the subscriber telephone, if a call screening disablement signal is received; and

    (f) continuing recording the incoming call to a voice mailbox associated with the subscriber while playing the incoming call to the subscriber telephone, if a call screening disablement signal is not received.

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