Intelligent telephone set
April 2, 2021. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesAutomatic incoming telephone call originating number and party display system Telephone answering machine in paging systems with automatic number identification based message operations Selective screening of incoming calls for cellular telephone systems User selectable response to an incoming call at a mobile station Caller identification and data retrieval system Intelligent caller identification apparatus for notifying a selected telephone number of the arrival of special information Advanced call waiting and messaging system Method for handling incoming calls on a pots telephone line to a user's premises System and method for automatically screening and directing incoming calls Communications system for establishing a communication channel on the basis of a functional role or task InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 824116 filed on 04/02/2001US Classes:379/211.02, Call forwarding379/93.24, Having electronic mail379/142.04, Extracting call ID from transmitted signal379/142.14, Format conversion379/142.15, Connecting to an external information processing terminal (e.g., computer)455/417Call diversionExaminersPrimary: Barnie, RexfordInternational ClassH04M 003/42AbstractAn intelligent telephone set is disclosed that includes a caller-ID circuit that extracts a call identifier from an incoming call. A call processing circuit in communication with the caller-ID circuit assigns the incoming call to a caller category associated with the call identifier. Subsequently, it selects a call processing action corresponding to the caller category and processes the incoming call using the selected call processing action. The intelligent telephone set allows users to set criteria for receiving and processing calls based on CID data. One such call processing action is to use CID data to forward an incoming call to a predetermined location.Field of SearchCall forwardingRouting an incoming call on multiple lines to a particular appliance (e.g., facsimile, computer, or telephone) Including master-slave modules, parent-child terminals, or controller-adjunct units Format conversion Having electronic mail Call transfer Connecting to an external information processing terminal (e.g., computer) Adaptive module coupled to telephone line or telephone device Call diversion Call conferencing | |
