USOO5717741A United States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 5,717,741 Yue et al. [45] Date of Patent: Feb. 10, 1998 [54] METHOD FOR HANDLING TELEPHONIC 0 451 695 4/1991 European Pal’ O? - MESSAGES 3315884 5/1983 Germany. 1449650 6/1989 Japan. [75] Inventors: Drina C. Yue; Raymond J. Smets. PCT/G590’ both of Atlanta; Thomas Joseph 01328 8/1990 WIPO ' Moqum. Roswell; Evan Kraus. 06729 “[1990 WIPO _ Atlanta. all Of Ga. . 00483 1/1991 WIPO . [73] Assignee: BellSouth Corp.. Atlanta. Ga. PCT/F192, 00036 2/1992 WIPO. [21] Appl. No.: 623,121 [22] Filed: Mar. 28, 1996 OF HER PUBLICATIONS Inbound/Outbound Magazine. Automatic Call Distribution. Related US. Application Data May 1990. pp. 36-42. [60] C ‘in a“ fse N 368 088 J 3 1995 band ed British Telecommunications Engineering. vol. 4. Apr. 1985 on u 0110 L o. , , an. , ,a on , ‘i - ~ - w _ which is a division of Ser. NO. 936,384, Aug. 26, 1992, Menu‘ V°f°e Ma“ ‘M600 by Nawsm“ PP‘ 32 35' abandoned. Popular Science. Jun. 1992. p. 15 “Smart Phone”. [51] Int. Cl.6 ......................................... .. H04M 3/50 cellular Telepmnes 3 “WW5 Gum- "Y CmmP JY- Oct [52] us. c1. ............................ .. 379/67; 379/89; 379/215; 1981p?‘ {18-121 _ 379/142; 379/199 Bell Atlantic Service Advertisement for Return Call. Caller [58] Field of Search ................................... .. 379/142. 127. ID (Feb' 1990) and Answer can “"1" 1992) 379/265. 266. 309. 67. 88. 89. 201. 215. v _ Primary Exammer-—-Ahmad Matar Attorney Agent, or Firm-Jones & Askew [56] References Cited [57] ABSTRACT U'S' Pm DOCUMENTS A method for taking a message for a subscriber. including 2,957,047 10/1960 Wennemer ............................ .. 379/211 the steps of: receiving a communication on a calling line 3,609,245 9/1971 Richter et a1. . from a som'ce. identifying the calling line number associated 4,277,649 7/1981 Sheinbein .............................. .. 379/201 with the calling line. identifying lh? Source Of lh? 4,313,035 1,1982 Jordan e‘ 31 379/207 communication. recording the message from the source. and 4’371’752 2/1983 Mauhews. ‘it al' "" " 379189 recording the calling line number and the source identity in 4,518,824 5/1985 Mondardim ........................... .. 379/144 association with the m?ssaga whcrcby thc message is taken (List continued on next page”) for the subscriber including identi?cation of the source and the calling line number. FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 0 420 527 9/1990 European Pat. Off. , 9 Claims, 50 Drawing Sheets ‘vwmvr/xjzmE/rr r-W yes 15:15?‘ mmwm m ‘5 ~ 59‘ W592 ~J1B ' Yll/ MVE Ml IEW MEWS [KI MESSAGES YUHL ' av or m CONTIH/E 115mm: r17 men J42 ‘97F PMS usssmssulossw mac/11. m I ,_ m ) 1 . ‘u. ‘LASTSTOP 7W .115 241i FAN ‘ no as)
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USOO5717741A
United States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 5,717,741 Yue et al. [45] Date of Patent: Feb. 10, 1998
[54] METHOD FOR HANDLING TELEPHONIC 0 451 695 4/1991 European Pal’ O? - MESSAGES 3315884 5/1983 Germany.
1449650 6/1989 Japan.
[75] Inventors: Drina C. Yue; Raymond J. Smets. PCT/G590’ both of Atlanta; Thomas Joseph 01328 8/1990 WIPO '
Inbound/Outbound Magazine. Automatic Call Distribution. Related US. Application Data May 1990. pp. 36-42.
[60] C ‘in a“ fse N 368 088 J 3 1995 band ed British Telecommunications Engineering. vol. 4. Apr. 1985 on u 0110 L o. , , an. , ,a on , ‘i - ~ - w _
which is a division of Ser. NO. 936,384, Aug. 26, 1992, Menu‘ V°f°e Ma“ ‘M600 by Nawsm“ PP‘ 32 35' abandoned. Popular Science. Jun. 1992. p. 15 “Smart Phone”.
[51] Int. Cl.6 ......................................... .. H04M 3/50 cellular Telepmnes 3 “WW5 Gum- "Y CmmP JY- Oct
[52] us. c1. ............................ .. 379/67; 379/89; 379/215; 1981p?‘ {18-121 _ 379/142; 379/199 Bell Atlantic Service Advertisement for Return Call. Caller
[58] Field of Search ................................... .. 379/142. 127. ID (Feb' 1990) and Answer can “"1" 1992) 379/265. 266. 309. 67. 88. 89. 201. 215. v _ Primary Exammer-—-Ahmad Matar
Attorney Agent, or Firm-Jones & Askew
[56] References Cited [57] ABSTRACT
U'S' Pm DOCUMENTS A method for taking a message for a subscriber. including
2,957,047 10/1960 Wennemer ............................ .. 379/211 the steps of: receiving a communication on a calling line 3,609,245 9/1971 Richter et a1. . from a som'ce. identifying the calling line number associated 4,277,649 7/1981 Sheinbein .............................. .. 379/201 with the calling line. identifying lh? Source Of lh? 4,313,035 1,1982 Jordan e‘ 31 379/207 communication. recording the message from the source. and 4’371’752 2/1983 Mauhews. ‘it al' "" " 379189 recording the calling line number and the source identity in 4,518,824 5/1985 Mondardim ........................... .. 379/144 association with the m?ssaga whcrcby thc message is taken
(List continued on next page”) for the subscriber including identi?cation of the source and the calling line number.