Method and system for managing telecommunications such as telephone calls

A system for managing a telecommunications call in a telecommunications network from a caller to an end user, the system comprising:

• means for receiving the call from the caller, the call including caller identification information;
• means for identifying the caller from the caller identification information and means for screening the call based on the caller identification information to obtain a first message;
• a first transceiver for transmitting to said end user a first radio signal based on the caller identification information;
• a second transceiver at said end user for receiving the first radio signal;
• a computer, locationally independent of the telecommunications network, with a display device connected to the second transceiver and having a display screen and an input device for inputting data to the computer;
• means for presenting the first message identifying the caller and means for displaying objects on the display screen, each object representing a function which may be performed in response to the call;
• means for receiving user selection data from the input device, the user selection data representing a selection of one of the objects by the end user to identify the function to be performed with respect to the call, the second transceiver transmitting to the first transceiver a second radio signal representing a second message identifying the function to be performed;
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• means for processing the second message in order to perform, in the telecommunications network, the function identified by the second message.

A method for managing a telecommunications call from a caller to an end user, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving the call from the caller, the call including caller identification information;
• transmitting a first radio signal based on the caller identification information to a computer having a display screen;
• receiving the first radio signal;
• presenting a first message identifying the caller and displaying objects on the display screen, each object representing a function which may be performed by the user in response to the call;
• selecting one of the objects by the end user to identify the function to be performed in response to the call;
• transmitting a second radio signal representing a second message identifying the selected function to be performed, wherein the second message includes a telephone number for routing the call to a telephone identified by the telephone number and the telephone number is the current wireline number of the end user;
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• processing the second message in response to said second radio signal to perform the selected function.

A system for managing a telecommunications call from a caller to an end user, the method comprising:

• means for receiving the call from the caller, the call including caller identification information;
• means for identifying the caller from the caller identification information and means for screening the call, based on the caller identification information to obtain a first message;
• a first transceiver for transmitting to said end user a first radio signal based on the first message;
• a second transceiver at said end user for receiving the first radio signal;
• a computer with a display device connected to the second transceiver and an input device for inputting data to the computer;
• means for presenting the first message identifying the caller and for displaying functions which may be performed in response to the call;
• means for receiving end user selection data from the input device, the end user selection data representing a selection of the functions to be performed with respect to the call, the second transceiver transmitting to the first transceiver a second radio signal representing a second message identifying the function to be performed;
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• means for processing the second message to perform the selected function identified.

A system for managing a telecommunications call from a caller to an end user, the system comprising:

• means for receiving the call from the caller, the call including caller identification information;
• means for creating a first message to identify the caller in response to the caller identification information;
• a first transceiver for transmitting to said end user a first radio signal based on the first message;
• a second transceiver at said end user for receiving the first radio signal;
• a computer with a display device connected to the second transceiver and an input device for inputting data to the computer;
• means for presenting the first message and for displaying objects on the display screen, each object representing a function which may be performed in response to the call;
• means for receiving user selection data from the input device, the user selection data representing a selection of the function to be performed with respect to the call, the second transceiver transmitting to the first transceiver a second radio signal representing a second message identifying the function to be performed, wherein the second message includes a telephone number and routing instructions for routing the call to a telephone identified by the telephone number.
• means for processing the second message to perform the selected function.