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Method, apparatus and system for completing a call when a called party has not answered the call

  • US 6,795,541 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2002
  • Issued: 09/21/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of completing a call when a called party has not answered the call from a calling party comprising the steps of:

  • initiating a call towards the called party over a voice channel;

    detecting a signal indicating that the called party has not answered the call;

    terminating the call over said voice channel;

    presenting a message to the calling party indicating that the called party has not answered the call and prompting the calling party to compose a multimedia message to be delivered to the called party; and

    sending the multimedia message over a data channel to a multimedia messaging service server for subsequent delivery to the called party whenever the calling party completes composition of the multimedia message.

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