Automatically notifying messaging device users of selected incoming calls to a telephone set
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1. An apparatus for processing telephone calls, comprising:
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(b) a network interface, wherein;
the processor is programmed by a user with information regarding at least one selected caller;
the network interface receives an incoming call from a caller over a communications network;
the processor identifies the caller associated with the incoming call; and
the processor transmits a special signal back to the communications network instructing the communications network to transmit a paging message to a pager of the user, if the caller associated with the incoming call corresponds to a selected caller.
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Abstract
A telephone set automatically transmits a paging message to notify a user that a call from a selected caller has been received. In one embodiment, the telephone set transmits the paging message to a service bureau which formats and relays the paging message to the user'"'"'s messaging device.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for processing telephone calls, comprising:
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(a) a processor; and (b) a network interface, wherein; the processor is programmed by a user with information regarding at least one selected caller; the network interface receives an incoming call from a caller over a communications network; the processor identifies the caller associated with the incoming call; and the processor transmits a special signal back to the communications network instructing the communications network to transmit a paging message to a pager of the user, if the caller associated with the incoming call corresponds to a selected caller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for processing telephone calls, comprising the steps of:
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(a) programming a processor by a user with information regarding at least one selected caller; (b) receiving an incoming call from a caller over a communications network; (c) identifying by the processor the caller associated with the incoming call; and (d) transmitting by the processor a special signal back to the communications network instructing the communications network to transmit a paging message to a pager of the user, if the caller associated with the incoming call corresponds to a selected caller. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for processing telephone calls, comprising:
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(a) means for programming a processor by a user with information regarding at least one selected caller; (b) means for receiving an incoming call from a caller over a communications network; (c) mean for identifying the caller associated with the incoming call; and (d) means for transmitting a special signal back to the communications network instructing the communications network to transmit a paging message to a pager of the user, if the caller associated with the incoming call corresponds to a selected caller. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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