US2007127674A1PendingUtilityA1

TTY enhancement of busy condition prompt

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Nov 8, 2001Filed: Nov 21, 2006Published: Jun 7, 2007
Est. expiryNov 8, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Jeffrey Brandt
H04M 3/42391H04M 2207/12
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Abstract

A method and system are disclosed for providing an indication of the busy condition to a calling party on a telecommunications system. The calling party may be the user of a text telephone device such as a TTY device. When a called party's line is busy, the method and system send a text message to the calling party that indicates that the called party's line is busy.

Claims

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1 . A method for providing an indication of a busy condition to a user on a communications system, wherein the communication system includes a called line, the method comprising: 
 determining if the called line is busy;    if the called line is busy, sending a text message to the user to indicate to the user that the called line is busy.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  further including sending a voice message is the called line is busy.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2  wherein sending the voice message occurs after sending the text message.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 2  wherein sending the voice message occurs before sending the text message.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 2  wherein sending the voice message occurs at the same time the text message is sent.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 2  wherein the voice message is sent in response to a determined telecommunications service.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the telecommunications service comprises a prompted automatic callback service.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein sending the text message comprises sending signals to be interpreted by a TTY device.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the signals comprise Baudot code signals.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the signals comprise ASCII code signals.  
   
   
       11 . A busy signal identification system for providing an indication of a busy condition to a user on a communications system, wherein the communication system includes a called line, the system comprising: 
 an application connectable with the communication system, wherein the application determines if the called line is busy;    wherein, if the called line is busy, the application sends a text message to the user to indicate to the user that a called line is busy.    
   
   
       12 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the application further sends a voice message.  
   
   
       13 . The system of  claim 12  wherein the voice message is sent after the text message is sent.  
   
   
       14 . The system of  claim 12  wherein the voice message is sent before the text message is sent.  
   
   
       15 . The system of  claim 12  wherein the voice message is sent at the same time the text message is sent.  
   
   
       16 . The system of  claim 12  wherein the voice message is sent to correspond to a determined telecommunications service.  
   
   
       17 . The system of  claim 16  wherein the telecommunications service comprises a prompted automatic callback service.  
   
   
       18 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the text message is sent by sending signals to be interpreted by a TTY device.  
   
   
       19 . The system of  claim 18  wherein the signals comprise Baudot code signals.  
   
   
       20 . The system of  claim 18  wherein the signals comprise ASCII code signals.

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