Access mediation with presence aware call purpose announcements
OwnerJim Davies, Nagaraj Vn +1inventors
InventorsJim Davies, Nagaraj Vn, Paul Ostrowski
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a context aware call purpose announcement is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a telephone call from a calling party to a called party on a digital telephony network. An operational state of the called party's telephone is identified. The calling party is enabled to create a custom message for the called party when the operational state of the called party's telephone is identified as busy. The custom message is delivered to the called party through the digital telephony network to enable the called party to determine whether to receive the telephone call from the calling party.
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A method for providing a context aware call purpose announcement for a telephone call to a called party's telephone connected to a digital telephony network, comprising:
- receiving a telephone call from a calling party to a called party on the digital telephony network;
- identifying an operational state of the called party's telephone;
- enabling the calling party to create a custom message for the called party when the operational state of the called party's telephone is identified as busy;
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- delivering the custom message to the called party through the digital telephony network to enable the called party to determine whether to receive the telephone call from the calling party.
A context aware call purpose announcement system, comprising:
- a call server configured to be connected to at least one telephone of a called party located in a digital telephony network;
- a context module in communication with the call server and configured to determine an operational state of the called party's telephone;
- a call purpose announcement module in communication with the context module and configured to enable a calling party to create a custom message for the called party when the operational state of the called party's telephone is identified by the context module as busy;
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- a message delivery module in communication with the call purpose announcement module and configured to deliver the custom message to the called party through the digital telephony network to enable the called party to determine whether to receive the telephone call from the calling party.
A context aware call purpose announcement system, comprising:
- an application server operable to be in communication with a call server configured to be connected to at least one telephone of a called party located in a digital telephony network;
- a context module operable to operate on the application server and configured to determine an operational state of the called party's telephone;
- a call purpose announcement module in communication with the context module and configured to enable a calling party to create a custom message for the called party when the operational state of the called party's telephone is identified by the context module as busy;
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- a message delivery module in communication with the call purpose announcement module and configured to deliver the custom message to the called party through the digital telephony network to enable the called party to determine whether to receive the telephone call from the calling party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.