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Automated communications assistant for the sound-impaired

  • US 6,421,425 B1
  • Filed: 08/17/1998
  • Issued: 07/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method implemented by a communications services provider for completing a call from a sound-impaired person to a sound-unimpaired person, said method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at a communications services provider'"'"'s network call setup information for an incoming call that a) is initiated by a sound-impaired person from a TTY device, and b) is destined for a called party who is a sound-unimpaired person;

    ascertaining via the Internet whether said called party is currently using the Internet; and

    in response to receiving a signal indicative of said user currently using the Internet, completing said call to said called party via a communications path which includes an Internet connection.

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