Methods and systems for enhancing internet call- waiting messages
First Claim
1. A method of notifying a called station of an incoming call, the called station being busy as a result of a connection to a data network, the method comprising:
- receiving an Internet Call-Waiting message that provides an option to terminate the connection and to accept the incoming call, the Internet Call-Waiting message including information representing a telephone number of a calling station;
prompting to save the Internet Call-Waiting message to an address book;
receiving a user'"'"'s enhancements to the Internet Call-Waiting message, the enhancements comprising data fields added by the user to the Internet Call-Waiting message, the data fields containing information that enhances the Internet Call-Waiting message;
saving the enhancements to the Internet Call-Waiting message; and
when another incoming call is received from the calling station. then retrieving the user'"'"'s enhancements and presenting the enhancements at the called station in another Internet Call-Waiting message.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for notifying a called station of an incoming call. The called station has a busy status as a result of a connection to a data network via an access server. Because the called station is connected to the data network, and thus “busy,” the method receives an Internet Call-Waiting message from the access server. The Internet Call-Waiting message includes information representing the telephone number of a calling station. The method queries for additional information representing the calling station, and the method presents the telephone number and the additional information to a user at the called station. The telephone number and the additional information notify the called station of the incoming call.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of notifying a called station of an incoming call, the called station being busy as a result of a connection to a data network, the method comprising:
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receiving an Internet Call-Waiting message that provides an option to terminate the connection and to accept the incoming call, the Internet Call-Waiting message including information representing a telephone number of a calling station; prompting to save the Internet Call-Waiting message to an address book; receiving a user'"'"'s enhancements to the Internet Call-Waiting message, the enhancements comprising data fields added by the user to the Internet Call-Waiting message, the data fields containing information that enhances the Internet Call-Waiting message; saving the enhancements to the Internet Call-Waiting message; and when another incoming call is received from the calling station. then retrieving the user'"'"'s enhancements and presenting the enhancements at the called station in another Internet Call-Waiting message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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means for receiving an Internet Call-Waiting message that provides an option to terminate a connection and to accept an incoming call, the Internet Call-Waiting message including information representing a telephone number of a calling station; means for prompting to save the Internet Call-Waiting message to an address book; means for receiving a user'"'"'s enhancements to the Internet Call-Waiting message the enhancements comprising data fields added by the user to the Internet Call-Waiting message, the data fields containing information that enhances the Internet Call-Waiting message; means for saving the enhancements to the Internet Call-Waiting message; and when another incoming call is received from the calling station then means for retrieving the user'"'"'s enhancements and presenting the enhancements at the called station in another Internet Call-Waiting message. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising processor-executable instructions for performing a method of enhancing Internet Call-Waiting messages, the method comprising:
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receiving an Internet Call-Waiting message that provides an option to terminate a connection and to accept an incoming call, the Internet Call-Waiting message including information representing a telephone number of a calling station; prompting to save the Internet Call-Waiting message to an address book;
receiving a user'"'"'s enhancements to the Internet Call-Waiting message. the enhancements comprising data fields added by the user to the Internet Call-Waiting message, the data fields containing information that enhances the Internet Call-Waiting message;saving the enhancements to the Internet Call-Waiting message; and when another incoming call is received from the calling station, then retrieving the user'"'"'s enhancements and presenting the enhancements at the called station in another Internet Call-Waiting message.
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