Methods and systems for providing telecommunications services
First Claim
1. A method of providing a callback message, comprising:
- transmitting, via a call processing system including a computing device, over a network to a terminal associated with a first person a notification regarding a first call from a caller;
at least partly in response to receiving a specified time from the first person indicating when a message is to be transmitted to the caller, transmitting, via the call processing system, the message to the caller in accordance with the first person specified time, wherein the message includes a control and an instruction indicating that the caller is to activate the control to initiate another call to the first person; and
at least partly in response to the caller activating the control, at least partly causing, via the call processing system, a second call to be placed via which the first person and caller are connected.
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Abstract
The present invention is related to telecommunications. A call processing system receives a first call from a caller intended for a first person. A notification regarding the first call is transmitted over a network to a terminal associated with the first person. A user interface is displayed on the terminal via which the first person can indicate that a callback message is to be transmitted to the caller. The callback message is transmitted to the caller, wherein the callback message includes an identification of the first person, a callback control, and text indicating that the caller is to activate the control to initiate another call to the first person. At least partly in response to the caller activating the control, A second call to be placed via which the first person and caller are connected.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a callback message, comprising:
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transmitting, via a call processing system including a computing device, over a network to a terminal associated with a first person a notification regarding a first call from a caller; at least partly in response to receiving a specified time from the first person indicating when a message is to be transmitted to the caller, transmitting, via the call processing system, the message to the caller in accordance with the first person specified time, wherein the message includes a control and an instruction indicating that the caller is to activate the control to initiate another call to the first person; and at least partly in response to the caller activating the control, at least partly causing, via the call processing system, a second call to be placed via which the first person and caller are connected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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12. A method of processing a call, comprising:
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receiving, at a call processing system including a computing device, a first call from a caller to a first person; transmitting, via the call processing system, a message to the caller, wherein the message includes an identification of the first person, a control, and an instruction indicating that the caller is to activate the control to initiate another call to the first person; and at least partly in response to the caller activating the control, at least partly causing, via the call processing system, a second call to be placed via which the first person and caller are connected.
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20. A system comprising:
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at least one computer processor; and a non-transitory memory embodied with a computer program comprising instructions which when executed by the at least one computer processor causes the system to perform operations comprising; receiving a first call from a caller to a first person; transmitting, via the call processing system, a message to the caller, wherein the message includes an identification of the first person, a control, and an instruction indicating that the caller is to activate the control to initiate another call to the first person; and at least partly in response to the caller activating the control, at least partly causing, via the call processing system, a second call to be placed via which the first person and caller are connected.
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