Providing alternative information over caller ID
US9112968B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 22, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/353
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Additional information and/or status messages are routed to a telephone 124 by a gateway device 110 via a caller identification (ID) process. The gateway device determines when a status or information message is available and distributes the message to the telephone when a user answers the telephone. In a similar fashion, a user can call a special telephone number on a plain old telephone system (POTS) 202, hang up the telephone 204 and receive a status/information message as a caller ID message upon a callback by the POTS.
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