Telephonic communications – Special services – Conferencing
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-11
2009-12-01
Hong, Harry S (Department: 2614)
Telephonic communications
Special services
Conferencing
C370S260000, C370S261000, C379S265090, C709S204000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07627103
ABSTRACT:
Phone systems for an integrated chat client service are provided. A representative phone system includes a call processing system operable to check a chat server for accessibility of a calling party chat client associated with a calling party and coupled to the internet, the call processing system being further operable to prompt a called party to select to talk or chat. Methods to connect telephone calls and answer telephone calls are also provided.
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Applicant's Statement: Instant Messaging: The Examiner is hereby informed that at least a year before the date of May 30, 2002, Instant Messaging systems have been in use by various companies. Examples of such are Yahoo! Messenger, available from Yahoo!, of Sunnydale CA, and AOL Instant Messenger, available from America Online, Inc., of Dulles, Virginia.
Gao Xiaofeng
Scott David
AT&T Intellectual Property I L.P.
Hong Harry S
Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley LLP
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