Telephone call handling system
First Claim
1. A telephony system for use with a user telephone, the user telephone enabled to receive telephone calls and display a caller identification to a user of the user telephone on a display device, the caller identification identifying a source of a call to the user, the system comprising:
- a plurality of pre-recorded user selectable responses;
circuitry to allow the user to select, via the user telephone, one of the user-selectable responses based on the user viewing the source of the call as displayed on the display device; and
circuitry to transmit the response selected by the user to be received at the source of the call.
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Abstract
A telephone call handling system wherein a user is provided with caller I.D. information. For responding to the information, the system affords the user a plurality of call handling options beyond the simple option of answering the call or not. The user can instruct the system to implement any one of the plurality of options. One option can send a call back message to the caller. Another option can send a hold message to the caller and then places the caller on hold. A third option can send entertainment to the caller such that user and caller can simultaneously enjoy the entertainment.
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20 Claims
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1. A telephony system for use with a user telephone, the user telephone enabled to receive telephone calls and display a caller identification to a user of the user telephone on a display device, the caller identification identifying a source of a call to the user, the system comprising:
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a plurality of pre-recorded user selectable responses; circuitry to allow the user to select, via the user telephone, one of the user-selectable responses based on the user viewing the source of the call as displayed on the display device; and circuitry to transmit the response selected by the user to be received at the source of the call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A telephony system for use with a user telephone, the user telephone enabled to receive telephone calls and display a caller identification to a user of the user telephone on a display device, the caller identification identifying a source of a call to the user, the system comprising:
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a plurality of user-selectable complementary circuitry for a user to engage; circuitry to allow the user to select, via the user telephone, one of the plurality of complementary circuitry based on the user viewing the source of the call as displayed on the display device; and circuitry to transmit a response from the one of the user-selectable complementary circuitry to be received at the source of the call. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A telephony method comprising:
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providing caller I.D. information to a user; providing a plurality of complementary circuitry for a user to engage; receiving instruction from a user based on the caller I.D. information; engaging one of the plurality of complementary circuitry in response to the instruction received; and sending a pre-recorded message from the one of the plurality of complementary circuitry to be received at a source of the call.
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