Call notification
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorsLarry Kent, William Todd Daniell
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Abstract
One embodiment of a method of call notification can be broadly summarized by the following: receiving an incoming call on a telephone device and before answering the incoming call via the telephone device, sending a notification message to a remote user via the telephone device over an Internet channel, wherein the notification message includes call information, the call information including identification of a calling party. Other methods and systems are also provided.
Claims22
A method of call notification comprising:
- receiving an incoming call on a telephone device;
- and
- before answering the incoming call via the telephone device, sending a notification message to a remote user via the telephone device over an Internet channel, wherein the notification message includes call information, the call information including identification of a calling party.
A computer readable medium having a computer call notification program, the program having instructions for performing:
- receiving an incoming call on a telephone device;
- and
- before answering the incoming call via the telephone device, sending a notification message to a remote user via the telephone device over an Internet channel, wherein the notification message includes call information, the call information including identification of a calling party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.