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Providing telephony services using proxies

  • US 7,391,763 B2
  • Filed: 10/23/2002
  • Issued: 06/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of using a proxy service to manage telephone call participants, said method comprising:

  • connecting each of the call participants to one another through a proxy service computer system, wherein the proxy service computer system and each of the participants is connected to a common network, and wherein the connecting further comprises;

    retrieving a telephone number and a connection time for one or more of the participants prior to the connecting;

    dialing the retrieved telephone number at the connection time; and

    connecting the dialed participant to the proxy service computer system in response to the dialed participant answering the call;

    receiving a plurality of voice inputs from the participants, wherein the voice inputs include voice data;

    sending the voice data to the other participants through the common network;

    storing the voice data in a memory area accessible by the proxy service computer system;

    receiving a retrieval request from one of the participants;

    retrieving data from the memory area in response to the retrieval request; and

    transmitting the retrieved data from the proxy service computer system to the participant that sent the retrieval request through the common network.

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