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US 6,389,117 B1Granted
Single telephone number access to multiple communications services
AssigneeMCI WorldCom, Inc.
InventorsKaren A. Gross, Thomas J. Galvan, Rupika Chib
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AssigneeMCI WorldCom, 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 guest callers.
In a telecommunications network having a data processing system that provides multiple telecommunications service options including voicemail and faxmail for a party, a method performed by the data processing system comprising the steps of:
A telecommunications system for providing multiple telecommunications services for a party, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.