Remote notification of communications

• US 7,315,614 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2002
• Issued: 01/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bedingfield, Sr., James C., LeVine, David A., Simpson, Anita
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, QUOC DUC
• Application Number:
  US10/174,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20070064911A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,023 Days
• Field of Search: 379/142.01, 379/142.07, 379/142.12, 379/142.14, 379/142.15, 379/142.16, 379/142.17, 379/142.18, 379/188, 379/212.01, 379/217.01, 379/74, 379/75, 379/88.11, 379/88.12, 379/88.13, 379/88.14, 379/88.15, 379/88.17, 379/88.19, 379/88.21, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/413, 455/415
• US Class Current: 379/142.07
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/537 Arrangements for indicating the presence of a recorded message , whereby the presence information might include a preview or summary of the message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0039 where the data service is provided by a stream of packets which are rendered in real time by the receiving terminal network streaming of media packets H04L65/60

Abstract

A remote call notification system for incoming calls to a wireline telecommunications device. The system includes a switch, a service control point, an intelligent server, and a monitoring module all in communication with each other. The remote call notification is transmitted to a remote communication device such as a PC, an interactive pager, and a mobile phone. The call notification includes a calling number, the name of a calling party, time and date identifiers, status identifiers that provides a real-time status of the incoming communication, a disposition identifier, and a priority identifier. A remote call notification method including detecting an incoming communication to a subscriber'"'"'s wireline communication device, creating a remote call notification, assigning an access address associated with a remote communication device, and forwarding the remote call notification to the remote communication device.

Claims

1. A remote call notification system, comprising:

a switch operable for detecting an incoming communication on a communications link to a subscriber'"'"'s wireline communication device, wherein the switch is in communication with the wireline communication device by the communications link;

a service control point in communication with the switch operable for monitoring the status of the incoming communication;

an intelligent server in communication with the service control point operable for originating a remote call notification, the remote call notification sent to a remote communications device upon detection of the incoming communication, wherein the remote call notification comprises;

a first time identifier that provides the time that the incoming communication is first detected, and

a priority identifier that indicates the importance of the incoming communication; and

a monitoring module in communication with the intelligent server operable for monitoring traffic in a communications network of voice-mail platforms that serve the intelligent server service area;

wherein the intelligent server provides administrative functions for the subscriber, the administrative functions including disabling types of remote call notifications to be sent to the remote communications device, the disabling of types of remote call notifications being overridden in the event that a call is from a priority number.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein functions of the intelligent server further comprise one of the following:

serving subscriber requests for call log information, updating the module, performing administrative functions for the subscriber, returning queries for the call log information with appropriate data, and notifying the subscriber of pertinent call events according to the remote communications device specified by the subscriber.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

means for presenting the remote call notification to the remote communications device in a format, wherein the format comprises one of the following;

an audio format, a text format, a short message format, a video format, and a markup language format.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote communications device comprises one of the following:

a mobile telephone, a landline telephone, a computer, a pager, and a personal digital assistant.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote call notification is transceived through the communications network to an access address associated with the remote communications device using wireless communication signals.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications network comprises one of the following:

a celestial communications network and a terrestrial communications network.

7. A remote call notification method, comprising:

detecting an incoming communication on a communications link to a subscriber'"'"'s wireline communication device;

creating a remote call notification, wherein said remote call notification comprises;

a first time identifier that provides the time that the incoming communication is first detected, and

a priority identifier that indicates the importance of the incoming communication;

assigning an access address associated with a remote communication device;

forwarding the remote call notification through a communications network to the access address associated with the remote communication device, the remote call notification forwarded upon detection of the incoming communication;

creating a call log associated with the remote call notification; and

providing administrative functions for the subscriber the administrative functions including disabling types of remote call notifications to be sent to the remote communications device, the disabling of types of remote call notifications being overridden in the event that a call is from a priority number.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

presenting the remote call notification to the remote communication device in a format, wherein the format comprises one of the following;

an audio format, a text format, a short message format, a video format, and a markup language format.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the remote communication device comprises one of the following:

a wireline phone, a wireless phone, a computer, a pager, and a personal digital assistant.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the pager comprises an interactive pager capable of transceiving the remote call notification.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the remote call notification is transceived through the communications network to the access address associated with the remote communication device using wireless communication signals.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the communications network comprises one of the following:

a celestial communications network and a terrestrial communications network.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

associating the access address with a plurality of communications devices.

14. A remote call notification system, comprising:

a server detecting an incoming communication to a communications device;

the server monitoring the status of the incoming communication;

the server originating a remote communication notification and sending the remote communication notification to a remote communications device upon detection of the incoming communication, wherein the remote communication notification comprises;

a time identifier that provides the time that the incoming communication is first detected, and

a priority identifier that indicates the importance of the incoming communication; and

a monitoring module in communication with the server operable for monitoring traffic in a communications network of a mail platform;

wherein the server provides administrative functions for the subscriber, the administrative functions including disabling types of remote call notifications to be sent to the remote communications device, the disabling of types of remote call notifications being overridden in the event that a call is from a priority number.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the communication is a call, and the mail platform is a voice-mail platform.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the server detects the incoming communication to a wireline communications device and sends the remote communication notification to the remote communications device including at least one of a mobile telephone, a landline telephone, a computer, a pager, and a personal assistant.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein functions of the server further comprise at least one of the following:

serving requests for communication log information, updating the monitoring module, performing administrative functions for a subscriber to the remote notification system, returning queries for the communication log information with appropriate data, and notifying the subscriber of pertinent communication events according to the remote communications device specified by the subscriber.