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Advanced call waiting and messaging system

  • US 5,894,504 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1996
  • Issued: 04/13/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method implemented by a communications services provider for delivering information associated with an incoming call, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving an incoming call that is initiated by a caller and that is destined for a subscriber who is busy on a first call; and

    in response to receiving a signal indicative of unavailability of said subscriber, recording a message generated by said caller for said subscriber;

    converting speech input, associated with the message being recorded into text; and

    transmitting said text to said subscriber, said text being transmitted contemporaneously with the recording of the message.

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