System and method for providing visual indication of caller and telephony platform information on customer premises equipment
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Abstract
A system and method for receiving information regarding a telephony platform and for retrieving the object of the services provided by the telephony platform corresponding to the information received. The system includes a customer premises equipment having a display device and a plurality of function keys. The customer premises equipment is connected to the general switched telephone network and to a supplemental service network via a central office switch. A telephony platform is connected to the general switched telephone network for providing accessory services such as voice mail, electronic mail and facsimile services. When calls are made to the customer premises equipment, an event identifier is generated to identify the calling event. The event identifier may be attached to a message having caller identifier information. The event identifier is used if the user of the customer premises equipment does not answer and the caller is transferred to voice mail. If a voice mail message is left, an information indicator is attached to another caller identifier message that is maintained for display on the customer premises equipment to allow the user to determine which callers left messages and which callers did not.
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13. A method for supporting a messaging service in a telephony network, the method comprising:
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receiving a call notification at a supplemental service network, the call notification comprising calling party information and called party information;
generating an event record at the supplemental service network in response to the call notification, the event record comprising the calling party information, the called party information and a first event identifier;
transmitting a first event message to a called party CPE associated with the called party information, the first event message comprising at least a portion of the calling party information;
receiving accessory event information at the supplemental service network from an accessory telephone service;
generating a second event message, wherein the second event message comprises the at least a portion of the calling party information and an information indicator; and
transmitting the second event message to the called party CPE. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A supplemental service network for supporting a messaging service in a telephony network, the supplemental service network comprising:
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an input configured for communicating with a switch;
a customer information database;
an event processor in communication with the customer information database and the input, the event processor comprising instructions for executing the steps of;
generating an event record in response to receipt of a call notification of a call to a customer via the input and storing the event record in the customer information database;
transmitting a first event message to a CPE of the customer, the first event message comprising information regarding a calling party for the call to the customer;
receiving accessory event information from an accessory telephone service and determining if the accessory event information relates to the call to the customer; and
transmitting a second event message to the CPE of the customer if the accessory event information relates to the call, wherein the second event message comprises an identification of the calling party and an information indicator. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A supplemental service network for supporting a messaging service in a telephony network, the supplemental service network comprising:
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means for receiving a call notification, the call notification comprising calling party information and called party information;
means for generating an event record in response to the call notification, the event record comprising the calling party information, the called party information and a first event identifier;
means for transmitting a first event message to a called party CPE associated with the called party information, the first event message comprising at least a portion of the calling party information;
means for receiving accessory event information from an accessory telephone service and determining if the accessory event information relates to the first event identifier;
means for generating a second event message if the accessory event information relates to the first event identifier, wherein the second event message comprises the identification of the calling party and an information indicator; and
means for transmitting the second event message to the called party. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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