Celler identification of recipient that answered a simultaneous or routed communication
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- detecting and decoding an outgoing communication from a communications address of a calling party'"'"'s communications device to a simultaneous ring service line communications address, the simultaneous ring service line communications address comprising a plurality of different communications addresses associated with a called party;
detecting an answer to the outgoing communication from an answering communications address of the simultaneous ring service line;
creating a simultaneous ring called party identification signal to identify the answering communications address, the answering communications address comprising a telecommunications address and a data communications address;
communicating the simultaneous ring called party identification signal to the calling party'"'"'s communications address;
detecting and decoding an outgoing communication from a second communications address of a second calling party'"'"'s communications device to the simultaneous ring service line communications address;
creating a simultaneous ring second called party identifications signal to identify the incoming communication from the second calling party'"'"'s communications device, the simultaneous ring second called party identification signal comprising the simultaneous ring called party identification signal and data associated with the second communications address; and
selectively communicating the simultaneous ring second called party identification signal.
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Abstract
Simultaneous Ring Called Party Identification services identify an actual communications address (or other called party identifier) of an answering communications device in a simultaneous ring service. In some of the exemplary embodiments, a calling party uses a communications device that includes a computer program product—a Simultaneous Ring Called Party Identification Module—that requests a Simultaneous Ring Called Party Identification signal that includes a communications address of an answering communications device. In exemplary embodiments, the Simultaneous Ring Called Party Identification signal is updated with an second incoming communication from a third party (e.g., call waiting caller) and is communicated to the communications address of an answering communications device and to some of the associated communications devices and/or addresses. The Simultaneous Ring Called Party Identification signal may include text, video, voice, and/or digital data.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting and decoding an outgoing communication from a communications address of a calling party'"'"'s communications device to a simultaneous ring service line communications address, the simultaneous ring service line communications address comprising a plurality of different communications addresses associated with a called party; detecting an answer to the outgoing communication from an answering communications address of the simultaneous ring service line; creating a simultaneous ring called party identification signal to identify the answering communications address, the answering communications address comprising a telecommunications address and a data communications address; communicating the simultaneous ring called party identification signal to the calling party'"'"'s communications address; detecting and decoding an outgoing communication from a second communications address of a second calling party'"'"'s communications device to the simultaneous ring service line communications address; creating a simultaneous ring second called party identifications signal to identify the incoming communication from the second calling party'"'"'s communications device, the simultaneous ring second called party identification signal comprising the simultaneous ring called party identification signal and data associated with the second communications address; and selectively communicating the simultaneous ring second called party identification signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A communications system, comprising:
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a simultaneous ring second called party identification application for detecting and decoding a second incoming communication to a communications address of a simultaneous ring service line having an established communications connection with a calling party communications address, the second incoming communication from a communication address of a second calling party communications device to the simultaneous service line, the simultaneous ring second called party identification application further creating a simultaneous ring second called party identifications signal to identify an answering called party communications address and the communications address of the second incoming communication, wherein the simultaneous ring service line comprises a communications address for a plurality of different communications addresses associated with a called party. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A storage medium on which is encoded instructions for performing the following:
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detecting and decoding an outgoing communication from a communications address of a calling party'"'"'s communications device to a simultaneous ring service line communications address, the simultaneous ring service line communications address comprising a plurality of different communications addresses associated with a called party; detecting an answer to the outgoing communication from an answering communications address of the simultaneous ring service line; creating a simultaneous ring called party identification signal to identify the answering communications address, the answering communications address comprising a telecommunications address and a data communications address; communicating the simultaneous ring called party identification signal to the calling party'"'"'s communications address; detecting and decoding an outgoing communication from a second communications address of a second calling party'"'"'s communications device to the simultaneous ring service line communications address; creating a simultaneous ring second called party identifications signal to identify the incoming communication from the second calling party'"'"'s communications device, the simultaneous ring second called party identification signal comprising the simultaneous ring called party identification signal and data associated with the second communications address; and selectively communicating the simultaneous ring second called party identification signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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