Telecommunications – Transmitter and receiver at separate stations – Plural transmitters or receivers
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-31
2006-01-31
Maung, Nay (Department: 2684)
Telecommunications
Transmitter and receiver at separate stations
Plural transmitters or receivers
C455S412200, C455S413000, C455S415000, C455S416000, C455S417000, C455S519000, C370S352000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06993355
ABSTRACT:
Communications methods for allowing groups of individuals, such as family members, to contact one another when no one is available to answer calls to a primary, e.g., family, telephone number are described. Calls which go unanswered are connected to a telephony device capable of storing messages and initiating conference calls. If the calling party is determined to be a family member the telephony device accesses a table of contact information corresponding to the unanswered telephone number and offers the caller the opportunity to hear messages from other family members and/or initiate a conference call to one or more family members who have supplied a contact telephone number. Family members can access and update the table of messages and contact number information by telephone or the Internet. Table information can be accessed and updated remotely thereby providing a method of communicating with family members even when no one is at home.
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Aminzay Shaima Q.
Maung Nay
Straub & Pokotylo
Suchtya, Esq. Leonard C.
Verizon Services Corp.
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