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Method and apparatus for processing telephone calls and delivering information about the calls to a pager

US5694453A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 1995
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S379/913
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a apparatus and method for processing incoming telephone calls directed to a user. Incoming telephone calls have certain status information which is generated by the call processor. A transmitter is utilized for transmitting pages to a paging devices carried by users. The paging devices have a display device associated with them and the transmitted page includes the status information associated with an incoming call for display on the display of th paging device.

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