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US 7,742,583 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and products for alerting of calls
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsAnita Hogans Simpson, John L. Bradberry, Linda A. Roberts
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for alerting of a call. A message is received that notifies of a call to a called number having an established connection to a data network. A customer-selected style and a customer-selected location of a control is retrieved that responds to the customer's action. The message and the control are processed to alert of the call to the called number.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- processing a message by a processor, the message notifying a customer of an incoming call to a called number, the called number associated with an established connection to a data network;
- retrieving from memory a style and a location of a control;
- and
- processing the style and the location of the control to personalize a graphical alert of the incoming call to the called number.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor communicating with memory and executing an application stored in the memory, the application causing the processor to:
- receive an Internet Call Waiting message that notifies a customer of an incoming call to a called number;
- retrieve content associated with a calling number;
- associate the calling number to a style and to a location of a control;
- retrieve the style and the location of the control;
- and
- generate the Internet Call Waiting message comprising the content and the style of the control at the location.
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A computer-readable medium storing instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
- receiving an Internet Call Waiting message that notifies a customer of a call to a called number, the called number associated with an established connection to a data network;
- retrieving content from memory associated with a calling number;
- associating the calling number to a customer-selected style and a customer-selected location of a control;
- retrieving the customer-selected style and the customer-selected location of the control;
- and
- including the content and the customer-selected style and the customer-selected location of the control in the Internet Call Waiting message.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.