System and method for off-line notifying a network user
First Claim
1. A system for indicating to a subscriber of a network that an event has occurred giving reason to initiate a connection to the network, the system comprising:
- a subscriber unit having a modem and a counter; and
an indication sub-system interconnected between said subscriber unit and said host facility, said indication sub-system having a sub-system modem, said sub-system modem being interconnected via a telephone communication link with said subscriber unit modem and adapted to receive query signals from said subscriber unit and to send indication signals to said subscriber unit associated with said subscriber;
wherein said subscriber unit is adapted to send said query signals to said indication sub-system modem from said subscriber modem, said sub-system modem is adapted to identify said subscriber unit from said query signal and to determine whether said event has occurred, and said counter is adapted to terminate said query signal without establishing a connection with said sub-system and adapted to wait a predetermined period of time for said subscriber modem to receive a responsive indication signal from said indication sub-system in response to said query signal; and
wherein said sub-system modem is further adapted, if said event is determined to have occurred, to send an indication signal to said subscriber modem within said predetermined period of time.
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Abstract
A system and a method for indicating to the subscriber of a network, which subscriber is not continually connected to the network host facility, of the existence of a reason for initiating such a connection. A computer device is connected to the host facility and adapted for generating an indication signal addressed to the subscriber. A system modem is interconnected between a telephone communication link and the computer device so as to be responsive to the indication signal for generating an outgoing call and transmitting thereof to a subscriber modem associated with the subscriber. A counter means is associated with at least one of the modems and responsive to the outgoing call for disabling one of the modems after a predetermined period of time
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20 Claims
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1. A system for indicating to a subscriber of a network that an event has occurred giving reason to initiate a connection to the network, the system comprising:
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a subscriber unit having a modem and a counter; and
an indication sub-system interconnected between said subscriber unit and said host facility, said indication sub-system having a sub-system modem, said sub-system modem being interconnected via a telephone communication link with said subscriber unit modem and adapted to receive query signals from said subscriber unit and to send indication signals to said subscriber unit associated with said subscriber;
whereinsaid subscriber unit is adapted to send said query signals to said indication sub-system modem from said subscriber modem, said sub-system modem is adapted to identify said subscriber unit from said query signal and to determine whether said event has occurred, and said counter is adapted to terminate said query signal without establishing a connection with said sub-system and adapted to wait a predetermined period of time for said subscriber modem to receive a responsive indication signal from said indication sub-system in response to said query signal; and
whereinsaid sub-system modem is further adapted, if said event is determined to have occurred, to send an indication signal to said subscriber modem within said predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for indicating to a subscriber of a network that an event of interest to said subscriber has occurred giving said subscriber reason to initiate a connection to the network, the method comprising the steps of:
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sending an inquiry signal from said subscriber and to a predetermined location, said inquiry signal comprising an unconnected telephone call and said inquiry signal being terminated after the expiration of a predetermined period of time;
receiving said inquiry signal at said predetermined location;
identifying said inquiry signal at said predetermined location as originating from said subscriber;
determining at said predetermined location whether said event has occurred; and
if said event has occurred, notifying said subscriber that said event has occurred by connecting said unconnected telephone call before it is terminated by said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for indicating to a subscriber of a network that an event has occurred giving reason to initiate a connection to the network, the system comprising:
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a subscriber unit having a modem and a counter; and
an indication sub-system interconnected between said subscriber unit and said host facility, said indication sub-system having a sub-system modem, said sub-system modem being interconnected via a telephone communication link with said subscriber unit modem and adapted to receive a query signal from said subscriber unit and to send an indication signal to said subscriber unit associated with said subscriber;
whereinsaid subscriber unit modem is adapted to send one said inquiry signal comprising an unconnected telephone call from said subscriber unit modem and to said sub-system modem, and said counter being adapted to terminate said inquiry signal after the expiration of a predetermined period of time; and
said indication sub-system being adapted to identify said inquiry signal with said sub-system modem as originating from said subscriber modem, and said indication sub-system being further adapted to determine from said network whether said event has occurred, and, if said event has occurred, notify said subscriber that said event has occurred by connecting said unconnected telephone call before it is terminated by said counter. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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