Methods and apparatus for providing communications to telecommun

Details Methods and apparatus for providing communications to telecommun Methods and apparatus for providing communications to telecommun

1996-09-25

1999-08-24

Wolfe, Willis R.

Telephonic communications

Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis

Interaction with an external nontelephone network

379 8818, 455414, 455466, 370493, H04M 157, H04M 165, H04M 350

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059433990

ABSTRACT:
In methods and apparatus for providing communications to a telecommunications terminal, a request for a page of data is received at a data service node, the request specifying at least one particular terminal. A terminal status request is sent from the data service node to a communications system which serves the particular terminal, the terminal status request specifying the particular terminal. The data service node receives from the communications system a terminal status message containing information indicating a current status of the particular terminal. The data service node sends to the data terminal a page of data indicating the current status of the particular terminal. The page of data comprises a communications request icon when the particular terminal is in a state in which it can communications. Upon selection of the communications request icon at the data terminal, the data service node receives a communications request specifying another telecommunications terminal, and sends to the communications system a communications origination request to originate communications between the particular terminal and the other terminal. The particular terminal may be a mobile voice terminal having a display and being served by a wireless communications system. The page of data may include both a voice call request icon for initiating a voice call to the particular terminal, and a short message request icon for sending a short message to be displayed at the particular terminal.

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