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Service wait time notification

US8259925B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 2008
Grant dateSep 4, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2207/203
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for communicating service information to a potential customer is provided. The system includes one or more potential customer devices, one or more session initiation protocol (SIP) client devices, and a SIP server. The SIP server is operable to determine an estimated service wait time based on information received from the one or more SIP client device and communicate the estimated wait time to the one or more potential customer devices.

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