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Apparatus and method for pre-call notification

US7783016B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignee

StarHome GmbH · DE

Inventors

Shlomo Wolfman · Hod HaSharon, IL
Shai Ophir · Tira, IL
Nir Zohar · Rishon LeZion, IL
Li-On Raviv · Netanya, IL
Ofir Sviezki · Hod HaSharon, IL
Guy Weintraub · Haifa, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2005
Grant date	Aug 24, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2201/40
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telephony provider apparatus comprising: a pre-call information receiver, for receiving pre-call information transmitted through a first path and associated with a phone call transmitted through a second path; and a network component, associated with the pre-call information receiver, for provisioning the pre-call information to a callee and co-ordinating connection of the associated phone call to the callee with delivery of the pre-call information. Preferably the call is connected after the callee has seen the pre-call information and actively accepted the call.

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