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Missed call alerts

  • US 7,493,110 B2
  • Filed: 11/29/2005
  • Issued: 02/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a Missed Call Alert (MCA) for a missed call to a first device in a first telecommunications network, wherein the MCA is provided to a second device in a second telecommunications network, the method comprising:

  • forwarding a call missed by the first device to a forwarding address in the second telecommunications network;

    obtaining missed call details from the forwarded call at the second telecommunications network, wherein the missed call details comprise a calling party address and the address of the first device;

    identifying the address of the second device, wherein the second device is associated with the first device; and

    alerting the second device of the missed call to the first device, wherein forwarding the call comprises forwarding the call to a universal forwarding address reserved by the second telecommunications network for receiving forwarded missed calls from any device in the first telecommunications network.

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