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Call notification feature for a telephone line connected to the internet

  • US 5,805,587 A
  • Filed: 11/27/1995
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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 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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