Call notification feature for a telephone line connected to the internet
First Claim
1. A method of processing a telephone call from a calling station to a called station that is busy as a result of having established a connection to a data network via an access server, said method comprising the steps ofreceiving said call at a telephone switch and, responsive to said called station being busy, forwarding said call to said access server,responsive to receiving said call at said access server, sending a data message to said called station via said connection to said data network to alert a subscriber at said called station to the receipt of said call, andconnecting said calling station to said called station via said connection to said data network so that a caller at said calling station may communicate with said subscriber at said called station.
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Abstract
A facility is provided to alert a subscriber whose telephone station set is connected to the Internet of a waiting call via the Internet connection. Specifically, a call that is waiting may be forwarded via the Public Switched Network to a services platform, which, in turn, establishes a connection to the subscriber using the Internet. The platform then notifies the subscriber of the waiting call via the Internet connection. The platform may then forward the telephone call to the subscriber via the Internet responsive to a subscriber request to do so with interrupting the subscriber'"'"'s Internet connection.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of processing a telephone call from a calling station to a called station that is busy as a result of having established a connection to a data network via an access server, said method comprising the steps of
receiving said call at a telephone switch and, responsive to said called station being busy, forwarding said call to said access server, responsive to receiving said call at said access server, sending a data message to said called station via said connection to said data network to alert a subscriber at said called station to the receipt of said call, and connecting said calling station to said called station via said connection to said data network so that a caller at said calling station may communicate with said subscriber at said called station.
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14. A method of processing a call waiting feature for a first telephone station set whose telephone line is connected to the Internet, comprising the steps of
responsive to receiving at a data server an initial call from said first telephone station, extending a connection from said first telephone station to said Internet, receiving a voice call from a second telephone station directed to said first telephone station, and responsive to said first telephone station being connection to the Internet, forwarding said voice call to said data server, responsive to receiving said voice call at said data server, sending a data message via said connection to said first telephone station to alert a subscriber to the receipt of the voice call from said second telephone station, and bridging a connection to said telephone station to the connection between said Internet and said first telephone station so that a caller at said second telephone station may communicate with said subscriber at said first telephone station.
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