Method and system for call notification
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsThomas E. Creamer, Victor S. Moore, Glen R. Walters
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Abstract
A method for providing a call waiting notification to a participant in an existing telephone call includes the steps of establishing a telephone call with a calling party. A specified telephone number of the participant in the existing telephone call is received from the calling party. A distinctive call waiting tone is caused to be sent to the participant wherein the distinctive call waiting tone is specified with the calling party. Responsive to the participant electing to speak with the calling party, the established call is transferred to the participant. A system for providing a call waiting notification to a participant in an existing telephone call is also disclosed.
Claims25
A method of providing for a call waiting notification to a participant in an existing telephone call, comprising the steps of:
- establishing a telephone call with a calling party;
- receiving from said calling party a specified telephone number of the participant in the existing telephone call;
- causing a distinctive call waiting tone to be sent to said participant wherein said distinctive call waiting tone is specified with said calling party;
- and
- responsive to the participant electing to speak with said calling party, transferring said established call to the participant.
A system for providing for a caller a call waiting notification to a participant in an existing telephone call, comprising:
- a call waiting service provider configured to receive a call from a calling party to identify in said received call a telephone number associated with said participant;
- a distinctive call waiting tone generator configured to generate distinctive call waiting tones based upon characteristics of said calling party;
- and,
- a switch for transferring said received call to the participant if the participant elects to accept the received call.
A system for providing a call waiting notification to participants in corresponding telephone calls, comprising:
- fixed data storage for storing a list of call characteristics;
- a computer for matching said call characteristics with entries in said list;
- a call analyzer for detecting characteristics in received calls;
- a call waiting tone generator for producing distinctive call waiting tones according to said entries in said list which match said detected call characteristics;
- and,
- a tone transmitter for sending said distinctive call waiting tones to said participants.
A method for providing a call waiting notification to a participant in a telephone call, comprising the steps of:
- storing a list of call characteristics;
- detecting call characteristics;
- comparing said call characteristics to said list of call characteristics to determine if there is a match;
- generating a call waiting tone according to the call characteristics of said match;
- and
- sending said call waiting tone to said participant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.