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Off-hook visual message waiting indicator

  • US 6,868,155 B1
  • Filed: 10/05/1999
  • Issued: 03/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing a visual message waiting indicator signal to an off-hook telephone, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a voicemail message at a central location; and

    sending, while said off-hook telephone is already participating in an established telephone call, a visual message waiting indicator signal from said central location and destined for said off-hook telephone, said visual message waiting indicator signal including call related information relating to a caller who left said voicemail message.

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