Single telephone number access to multiple communications services
AssigneeWorldCom, Inc.
InventorsKaren A. Gross, Thomas J. Galvan, Rupika Chib
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AssigneeWorldCom, Inc.
InventorsKaren A. Gross, Thomas J. Galvan, Rupika Chib
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A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include, for example, voicemail services. facsimile messaging services, paging services, and outbound calling services. A guest caller may call the single phone number to speak to a subscriber, leave a voicemail message for a subscriber, leave a facsimile message for a subscriber or place a page to a subscriber. A subscriber may call the phone number to place outbound calls. In addition, a subscriber may call the single phone number to retrieve or send facsimile messages and/or voicemail messages. A subscriber may also call the phone number to configure service options. For instance, a subscriber may select routing options and choose what services are available to Quest callers.
In a telecommunications system a method comprising the steps of:
The method of claim I wherein the first caller and the second caller provide information that identifies them as the first caller and the second caller, respectively.
In a telecommunications system, a method comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications system, a method comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications system. a platform for providing access to multiple telecommunications services on behalf of a subscriber, comprising:
In a telecommunications system having a platform for providing access to multiple telecommunications services including voicemail services, on behalf of a subscriber, wherein said platform includes an interface for providing access to the multiple telecommunications services and a speech recognizer, a method comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications system having a platform for providing access to multiple telecommunications services including voicemail services, on behalf of a subscriber, wherein said platform includes an interface for providing access to the multiple telecommunications services and a speech recognizer, a computer-readable medium holding computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications system that provides multiple services on behalf of a party, a method comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications system, a platform for providing access to multiple communications services on behalf of a subscriber, said platform comprising:
In a message storage facility for storing messages on behalf of a subscriber, a method comprising the steps of:
In a message storage facility for storing messages on behalf of a subscriber, a computer-readable medium holding computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications system, a service node for providing multiple services on behalf of a party, said node comprising:
In a computer system having an interface to a telephone network, a method comprising the steps of:
In a computer system having an interface to a telephone network, a computer-readable medium holding computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications network having a data processing system that provides multiple telecommunications services for a party, a method performed by the data processing system comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.