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Method, system and computer program product for providing a no-ring telephone call service

US7957513B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

7References

25Claims

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Michael Bishop · Atlanta, US
Hong Thi Nguyen · Atlanta, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 21, 2003
Grant date	Jun 7, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2213/13389
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method provides a no-ring telephone call service. The method includes receiving notification that a telephone call from a calling party device requesting to use the no-ring telephone call service has arrived at a switch. The notification includes a called party telephone number. The method also includes determining if the called party telephone number corresponds to a voice mail platform telephone number in a region wide messaging database. When the called party telephone number corresponds to a voice mail platform telephone number, instructions to route the telephone call to the voice mail platform telephone number are communicated to the switch. When the called party telephone number does not correspond to a voice mail platform telephone number, instructions to play a pre-recorded no voice mailbox message are communicated to the switch.

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