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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Applications
- Sprachen: English
- Document Number: 20110317821
- Publication Date: December 29, 2011
- Appl. No: 13/102675
- Application Filed: May 06, 2011
- Assignees: XCAST LABS, INC. (Northfield, IL, US)
- Claim: 1. A method of providing distinctive ringing comprising: receiving, at a service provider system connected to a telephone network, a call from a calling party to a user of the service provider system; playing, from the service provider system to the calling party, a message indicating a plurality of choices from which to select; receiving, at the service provider system, the calling parry's selection; and transmitting, from the service provider system, a message indicating a ring tone or ring type to be used based on the calling party's selection.
- Claim: 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received call is received at the service provider system from the telephone network.
- Claim: 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of choices from which to select represent a plurality of people.
- Claim: 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the message indicating a ring tone or ring type is transmitted over the telephone network over an analog telephone line to a telephone.
- Claim: 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the service provider system is further connected to a data network.
- Claim: 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the received call is received at the service provider system from the data network.
- Claim: 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of choices from which to select represent a plurality of people.
- Claim: 8. The method of claim 5, wherein the message indicating a ring tone or ring type is transmitted over the data network to an adapter that connects an analog telephone line to the data network.
- Claim: 9. A computer program product for providing distinctive ringing comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium; computer program instructions, recorded on the non-transitory computer readable medium, executable by a processor, for performing the steps of: receiving, at a service provider system connected to a data network and to a telephone network, a call from a calling party to a user of the service provider system; playing, from the service provider system to the calling party, a message indicating a plurality of choices from which to select; receiving, at the service provider system, the calling party's selection; and transmitting, from the service provider system, a message indicating a ring tone or ring type to be used based on the calling party's selection.
- Claim: 10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the received call is received at the service provider system from the telephone network.
- Claim: 11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the plurality of choices from which to select represent a plurality of people.
- Claim: 12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the message indicating a ring tone or ring type is transmitted over the telephone network over an analog telephone line to a telephone.
- Claim: 13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the service provider system is further connected to a data network.
- Claim: 14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the received call is received at the service provider system from the data network.
- Claim: 15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the plurality of choices from which to select represent a plurality of people.
- Claim: 16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the message indicating a ring tone or ring type is transmitted over the data network to an adapter that connects an analog telephone line to the data network.
- Claim: 17. A system for providing distinctive ringing comprising: a service provider system connected to a data network and to a telephone network operable to: receive a call from a calling party to a user of the service provider system; play, to the calling party, a message indicating a plurality of choices from which to select; receive the calling party's selection; and transmit a message indicating a ring tone or ring type to be used based on the calling party's selection.
- Claim: 18. The system of claim 21, wherein the received call is received at the service provider system from the telephone network.
- Claim: 19. The system of claim 17, wherein the plurality of choices from which to select represent a plurality of people.
- Claim: 20. The system of claim 17, wherein the message indicating a ring tone or ring type is transmitted over the telephone network over an analog telephone line to a telephone.
- Claim: 21. The system of claim 17, wherein the service provider system is further connected to a data network.
- Claim: 22. The system of claim 21, wherein the received call is received at the service provider system from the data network.
- Claim: 23. The system of claim 21, wherein the plurality of choices from which to select represent a plurality of people.
- Claim: 24. The system of claim 21, wherein the message indicating a ring tone or ring type is transmitted over the data network to an adapter that connects an analog telephone line to the data network.
- Claim: 25. A method of providing voicemail service comprising: receiving, at a service provider system connected to a data network and to a telephone network, an access to voicemail from user premises; checking, at the service provider system, whether there are any new voicemail messages in any voicemail box associated with the user premises; and transmitting, from the service provider system, a message to turn on a new voicemail message indication when there is a new voicemail message in any voicemail box associated with the user premises.
- Claim: 26. The method of claim 25, further comprising: transmitting, from the service provider system, a message to turn off a new voicemail message indication when there are no new voicemail messages in any voicemail box associated with the user premises.
- Claim: 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the message indicating the new voicemail message is transmitted over the data network to an adapter that connects an analog telephone line to the data network.
- Claim: 28. A computer program product for providing voicemail service comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium; computer program instructions, recorded on the non-transitory computer readable medium, executable by a processor, for performing the steps of: receiving, at a service provider system connected to a data network and to a telephone network, an access to voicemail from user premises; checking, at the service provider system, whether there are any new voicemail messages in any voicemail box associated with the user premises; and transmitting, from the service provider system, a message to turn on a new voicemail message indication when there is a new voicemail message in any voicemail box associated with the user premises.
- Claim: 29. The computer program product of claim 28, further comprising: transmitting, from the service provider system, a message to turn off a new voicemail message indication when there are no new voicemail messages in any voicemail box associated with the user premises.
- Claim: 30. The computer program product of claim 29, wherein the message indicating the new voicemail message is transmitted over the data network to an adapter that connects an analog telephone line to the data network.
- Claim: 31. A system for providing voicemail service comprising: a service provider system connected to a data network and to a telephone network operable to: receive an access to voicemail from user premises; check whether there are any new voicemail messages in any voicemail box associated with the user premises; and transmit a message to turn on a new voicemail message indication when there is a new voicemail message in any voicemail box associated with the user premises.
- Claim: 32. The system of claim 31, further comprising: transmitting, from the service provider system, a message to turn off a new voicemail message indication when there are no new voicemail messages in any voicemail box associated with the user premises.
- Claim: 33. The system of claim 32, wherein the message indicating the new voicemail message is transmitted over the data network to an adapter that connects an analog telephone line to the data network.
- Claim: 34. A method of providing voicemail service comprising: receiving, at a service provider system connected to a data network and to a telephone network, an access to voicemail from a user at user premises; checking, at the service provider system, the statuses of all voicemail boxes associated with the user premises to determine a number of new voicemail messages in each voicemail box; building, at the service provider system, a voice message indicating which voicemail boxes have new messages; and playing, from the service provider system to the user, the voice message indicating which voicemail boxes have new messages.
- Claim: 35. The method of claim 34, wherein: the checking step further comprises determining a number of old and saved voicemail messages in each voicemail box, and the building step further comprises generating the voice message based on the number of old and saved voicemail messages in each voicemail box.
- Claim: 36. A computer program product for providing voicemail service comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium; computer program instructions, recorded on the non-transitory computer readable medium, executable by a processor, for performing the steps of: receiving, at a service provider system connected to a data network and to a telephone network, an access to voicemail from a user at user premises; checking, at the service provider system, the statuses of all voicemail boxes associated with the user premises to determine a number of new voicemail messages in each voicemail box; building, at the service provider system, a voice message indicating which voicemail boxes have new messages; and playing, from the service provider system to the user, the voice message indicating which voicemail boxes have new messages.
- Claim: 37. The computer program product of claim 36, wherein: the checking step further comprises determining a number of old and saved voicemail messages in each voicemail box, and the building step further comprises generating the voice message based on the number of old and saved voicemail messages in each voicemail box.
- Claim: 38. A system for providing voicemail service comprising: a service provider system connected to a data network and to a telephone network operable to: receive an access to voicemail from a user at user premises; check the statuses of all voicemail boxes associated with the user premises to determine a number of new voicemail messages in each voicemail box; build a voice message indicating which voicemail boxes have new messages; and play, to the user, the voice message indicating which voicemail boxes have new messages.
- Claim: 39. The system of claim 38, wherein: the checking step further comprises determining a number of old and saved voicemail messages in each voicemail box, and the building step further comprises generating the voice message based on the number of old and saved voicemail messages in each voicemail box.
- Current U.S. Class: 379/8/816
- Current International Class: 04
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