Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting
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1. A method for providing information about a calling party to a called party, the method comprising:
- obtaining information about the calling party when the called party'"'"'s communication device is unavailable;
notifying the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party; and
transmitting an audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing information about a calling party to a called party is disclosed. Generally, a network element obtains information about a calling party when a telephone line of a called party is busy. The network element notifies the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party and transmits an audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for providing information about a calling party to a called party, the method comprising:
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obtaining information about the calling party when the called party'"'"'s communication device is unavailable; notifying the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party; and transmitting an audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for providing information about a calling party to a called party, the set of instructions to direct a processor to perform acts of:
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obtaining information about the calling party when the called party'"'"'s communication device is unavailable; notifying the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party; and transmitting an audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party.
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13. A network element for providing information about a calling party to a called party, the network element in communication with at least a second network element, the network element comprising:
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a text-to-speech module operative to perform text to speech conversions to create audible representations of text; wherein the network element is operative to obtain information about the calling party from the at least the second network element when a called party'"'"'s communication device is unavailable, to convert the obtained information into an audible representation using the text-to-speech module, and to transmit the audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for providing information about a calling party to a called party, the method comprising:
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obtaining caller identification information about the calling party when the called party'"'"'s communication device is unavailable; notifying the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party; and transmitting an audible version of the caller identification information to the called party without receiving an input from the called party.
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