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Telephone voice messaging system and method using off-hook immediate trigger

  • US 6,721,415 B1
  • Filed: 02/17/2000
  • Issued: 04/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telephone system coupled to a telephone subscriber location for providing telephone communications for the telephone subscriber location, the telephone system comprising:

  • a voice messaging system that stores messages for the subscriber location;

    a service control point coupled to the voice messaging system that determines from the voice messaging system if a message is waiting for the subscriber location; and

    a central office coupled to the service control point that receives from the service control point a message waiting signal associated with the subscriber location in the voice messaging system, the message waiting signal indicating that the voice messaging system contains a message for the subscriber location, the central office sending a verbal prompt to the subscriber location indicating that the voice messaging system contains the message for the subscriber location when the subscriber location goes off-hook.

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