Wireless telephone call manager

A call management method for providing notification of calls, destined for a wireless telephone, over a data communications network having a call management proxy, which contains a database of wireless telephone subscribers, in communication with the data communications network, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) enabling connection of a data communications terminal (DCT) to a network;
• (b) requesting a data network address of the DCT to the call management proxy;
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• (c) providing notification to the DCT when an incoming call is detected on the wireless telephone.

A call management method for providing notification of calls, destined for a wireless telephone, in a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and cellular mobile telephone system (CMTS) environment over a data communications network having a call management proxy, which includes a database of wireless telephone subscribers, connected to the PSTN and the CMTS, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving a message over the data communications network containing a subscriber dial number linked to the wireless telephone and a unique data network address;
• (b) storing the subscriber dial number and the unique data network address;
• (c) receiving a telephone call forwarded by the CMTS;
• (d) obtaining dialed number information from the CMTS;
• (e) comparing the dialed number information to the stored subscriber dial number information;
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• (f) for matching number information, providing a call waiting message to said data network addressed to said unique data network address corresponding to the dialed number information.