Telephonic communications – Special services – Anonymous party
Patent
1994-11-29
1996-07-02
Hofsass, Jeffery
Telephonic communications
Special services
Anonymous party
379202, 379 96, 379112, 379393, H04M 342
Patent
active
055331106
ABSTRACT:
A method of providing a visual indication to a first communication connection (CC) subscriber of the status of a telephone CC comprising the steps of providing ah icon on a display that represents the first CC subscriber, providing a call setup icon on a display representing a command to set up a CC, dragging the icon representing the first CC subscriber to the call setup icon, automatically displaying a directory of subscribers, dragging an identity of a second CC subscriber from the directory to the call setup icon, establishing a CC between communication apparatus used by the first subscriber and communication apparatus used by the second CC subscriber via subscriber's lines, changing the identity of the calls setup icon to a call icon, displaying an icon representing the second CC subscriber in the call icon, and displaying a new call setup icon, whereby icons representing CC subscribers of a call in progress are both represented and are visually discernible by the first CC subscriber in the call icon.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5195086 (1993-03-01), Baumgartner et al.
patent: 5406307 (1995-04-01), Hirayama et al.
Evans Ronald A.
Peres Eliana M. O.
Pinard Deborah L.
Hofsass Jeffery
Mitel Corporation
Wands Charles E.
Wolinsky Scott
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