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US 7,257,204 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property, Inc.
InventorRobert A. Koch
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method allows a subscriber to create a data message. The subscriber may associate the data message to an originating party and to a recipient. When a communication from the originating party is received, the data message is communicated to the recipient via an Internet Protocol communications network.
Claims21
A method of providing communications services, comprising:
- allowing a subscriber to select a text message from a library of pre-created text messages;
- allowing the subscriber to associate the text message to multiple originating parties and to groups of multiple recipients;
- receiving a call from an originating party;
- and
- communicating the text message to a group of multiple recipients via an Internet Protocol communications network.
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A method of providing communications services, comprising:
- storing a user interface in memory, the user interface allowing a first party to compose a data message and to associate that data message with a second party and with a third party;
- receiving a communication from the second party;
- and
- communicating the data message to the third party.
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A system operative to:
- store a user interface in memory, the user interface allowing a first party to compose a data message and to associate that data message with a second party and with a third party;
- receive a communication from the second party;
- and
- communicate the data message to the third party.
1 more element
A computer program product comprising processor-executable instructions for:
- storing a user interface in memory, the user interface allowing a first party to compose a data message and to associate that data message with a second party and with a third party;
- receiving a communication from the second party;
- and
- communicating the data message to the third party.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.