Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis
Patent
1993-11-16
1996-04-09
Hofsass, Jeffery
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
379 89, 379209, 379211, 379212, H04M 164
Patent
active
055068901
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for industry and group-specific calling within a telecommunication system. The method of the present invention includes the steps of receiving, in a carrier network, a call initiated by dialing a group number from a caller terminal; accessing a database in the carrier network to determine an announcement corresponding to the group number; providing the announcement to the caller terminal to prompt a caller to select one of the group members associated with the dialed group number; interpreting a selection command received from the caller to determine a member number of a selected group member; establishing a connection between the network and a member terminal corresponding to the selected member number; and connecting the call from the caller terminal to the selected member terminal. The caller may terminate the connection between the network and the member terminal, and select a connection to other group members, without dialing any additional numbers. Information such as the selection sequence, connect time, and call status may be transmitted by the carrier network to each member terminal prior to connection to the caller terminal.
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Gupta Alok K.
Jain Ajay
Jain Shri P.
Sahni Paramdeep S.
AT&T Corp.
Brendzel H. T.
Hofsass Jeffery
Tsang Fan
Weiss E.
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