Methods and apparatus for displaying caller-ID information for a

Details Methods and apparatus for displaying caller-ID information for a Methods and apparatus for displaying caller-ID information for a

1998-11-20

2000-05-23

Kuntz, Curtis A.

Telephonic communications

Reception of calling information at substation in wireline...

Blocking caller id transmission

379215, H04M 156

Patent

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060673559

ABSTRACT:
A caller-ID device and/or an integrated caller-ID and answering machine device which is configurable 1) to play a pre-recorded announcement for the user when the caller-ID information received over the PSTN corresponds to stored information indicating an important caller; 2) to play a pre-recorded "block-the-blocker" outgoing message for the caller when a blocked-caller-ID code is received; and/or 3) to play a pre-recorded "reject call" outgoing message for the caller when the caller-ID information corresponds to stored information indicated an undesirable caller. Also disclosed are an economical method and apparatus for displaying caller-ID information for a call-waiting caller simultaneously with the caller-ID information of a present caller and a method and apparatus for enabling a caller-ID device to selectively dial the last seven digits of a phone number, the area code and the last seven digits, or a "1", the area code, and the last seven digits of a phone number.

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