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US 2011/0034154 A1Published application
System and method for providing a reason for ignoring a call
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorNathan J. Maxfield
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a reason for ignoring an incoming call is disclosed. The system may comprise a network element having one or more computer processors and data storage units, the network element configured to identify an incoming call from a caller, transmit information associated with the incoming call to a user at a first communications device, receive a reason for ignoring the incoming call, and transmit the reason for ignoring the incoming call to the caller at a second communications device.
Claims27
A method, comprising:
- identifying, at a network element, an incoming call from a caller,
- transmitting information associated with the incoming call to a user at a first communications device;
- receiving, at the network element, a reason for ignoring the incoming call;
- and
- transmitting the reason for ignoring the incoming call to the caller at a second communications device.
2 more elements
A system, comprising:
- a network element comprising one or more computer processors and data storage units, the network element configured to identify an incoming call from a caller, transmit information associated with the incoming call to a user at a first communications device, receive a reason for ignoring the incoming call, and transmit the reason for ignoring the incoming call to the caller at a second communications device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.