Dynamic, interactive call notification
First Claim
1. A method for receiving an incoming call comprising:
- receiving the caller ID of the calling party and the status of a called party'"'"'s telephony device, wherein the status of said called party'"'"'s telephone device is either busy or not busy; and
applying the caller ID and the status to a called party defined script to determine whether or not said called party is notified of said incoming call prior to call connection.
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Abstract
A system and method that provides a dialog with the called party when a call is received, a process is initiated to communicate with the calling party and a process is initiated to communicate with the called party. The processes communicate with each other to provide limited communication between the called and calling parties without an actual connection being made between them. The called party process determines disposition of the call based on the caller ID of the calling party and the state of the called party telephone. Advantageously, the called party process prompts the called party as to how to handle the call. The called party can request further information regarding the person calling, the purpose of the call, etc., without a connection being made to the calling party.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for receiving an incoming call comprising:
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receiving the caller ID of the calling party and the status of a called party'"'"'s telephony device, wherein the status of said called party'"'"'s telephone device is either busy or not busy; and applying the caller ID and the status to a called party defined script to determine whether or not said called party is notified of said incoming call prior to call connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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