Telephone status notification system
First Claim
1. A method for providing telephone line status information for at least one telephone line via a computer communications network, the method comprising:
- communicating, via said computer communications network, a request concerning the status of said at least one telephone line, said status comprising one or more of a physical in use status and a logical in use status;
acquiring information regarding the status of said at least one telephone line without calling said at least one telephone line; and
communicating, via said computer communications network, said information regarding said status of said at least one telephone line.
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Abstract
A telephone line status notification system including at least one telephone line having a status, a communications network, at least one communications terminal which is connectable to the communications network and which is employable by a seeking user to communicate via the communications network a status request concerning the status of the at least one telephone line, apparatus for processing the status request the apparatus for processing is connectable to the communications network for receiving the status request from the seeking user therethrough and communicating the request, and apparatus for acquiring the status of the at least one telephone line, the apparatus for acquiring is in communication with the apparatus for processing for receiving the status request therefrom, and the apparatus for acquiring is connectable to the communications network for communicating the status via the communications network.
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89 Claims
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1. A method for providing telephone line status information for at least one telephone line via a computer communications network, the method comprising:
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communicating, via said computer communications network, a request concerning the status of said at least one telephone line, said status comprising one or more of a physical in use status and a logical in use status; acquiring information regarding the status of said at least one telephone line without calling said at least one telephone line; and communicating, via said computer communications network, said information regarding said status of said at least one telephone line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A telephone line status notification system, operative to provide telephone line status information for at least one telephone line via a computer communication network, comprising:
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at least one communications terminal which is connectable to said computer communications network and which is employable to communicate via said computer communications network a request concerning status of said at least one telephone line, said status comprising one or more of a physical in use status and a logical in use status; apparatus for processing said request wherein said apparatus for processing is connectable to said computer communications network for receiving said request and communicating said request; and apparatus for acquiring information regarding said status of said at least one telephone line without calling said at least one telephone line, wherein said apparatus for acquiring is in communication with said apparatus for processing for receiving said request therefrom, and wherein said apparatus for acquiring is connectable to said computer communications network for communicating said status via said computer communications network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method comprising:
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communicating, by one or more servers via a computer communications network, a request concerning a status of at least one telephone line associated with a first cellular telephone device, wherein the first cellular telephone device is associated with a first user, and wherein the status comprises one or more of a physical in use status or a logical in use status; acquiring, by the one or more servers, information regarding the status of the at least one telephone line associated with the first cellular telephone device without calling the first cellular telephone device; and communicating, by the one or more servers via the computer communications network, the information regarding the status of the at least one telephone line associated with the first cellular telephone device to a device associated with a second user. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A system comprising:
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one or more servers running software causing the one or more servers to; communicate, via a computer communications network, a request concerning a status of at least one telephone line associated with a first cellular telephone device, wherein the first cellular telephone device is associated with a first user, and wherein the status comprises one or more of a physical in use status or a logical in use status; acquire information regarding the status of the at least one telephone line associated with the first cellular telephone device without calling the first cellular telephone device; and communicate the information regarding the status of the at least one telephone line associated with the first cellular telephone device to a device associated with a second user. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. An apparatus comprising:
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a cellular telephone device associated with a first user, the cellular telephone device configured to; acquire information regarding a status of at least one telephone line associated with the cellular telephone device, wherein the status comprises one or more of a physical in use status or a logical in use status; and communicate, by way of a computer communications network, the information regarding the status of the at least one telephone line associated with the cellular telephone device for delivery to a device associated with a second user, wherein the information regarding the status of the at least one telephone line associated with the cellular telephone device indicates an availability of the first user to communicate with the second user. - View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89)
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