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Call waiting arrangement providing options to both a subsequent calling party and to the called party

  • US 4,947,421 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1987
  • Issued: 08/07/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1987
  • Status: Expired
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1. A method of processing a call from a calling communication station to a called communication station comprisingin response to said call, determining whether call waiting is assigned to said called station and said called station is busy,in response to a determination that call waiting is assigned to said called station and said called station is busy, signaling to prompt a caller for a request to interrupt an ongoing call at said called station and to prompt a caller for an auto-callback request,in response to receipt of an interrupt request from said calling station, transmitting an interrupt signal to said called station,after said transmitting, establishing a connection between said calling and called stations only in response to receipt of a signal from said called station, andin response to receipt of an auto-callback request from said calling station and to a return to an idle status of said called station, initiating a new call between said called and calling stations.

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