Kenneth Ray Buchanan

US Patent:

6393278, May 21, 2002

Filed:

Sep 26, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/938249

Inventors:

Kenneth Buchanan - Roswell GA
Karl Koster - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

H04Q 720

US Classification:

455426, 455415, 455458

Abstract:

A method and system for sending information to a pager regarding information pertaining to a previously occurring telephone call. After receiving a call offered to a called party, a signal is transmitted from a switch to a service control point, which then obtains transmitted information relating to the call. A signal is transmitted from a service control point to a switch to instruct the switch to process the call. Another signal including the information relating to the call is transmitted preferably from the service control point to a service node and then to a communications service provider. The communications service provider is preferably a paging service provider which transmits a page including the information relating to the call to a pager associated with the called party. The information relating to the call then may be displayed on the pager.

US Patent:

6801766, Oct 5, 2004

Filed:

Mar 7, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/093571

Inventors:

Kenneth Buchanan - Roswell GA 30075
Karl Koster - Atlanta GA 30328

International Classification:

H04Q 720

US Classification:

4554261, 455415, 455413

Abstract:

A method and system for sending information to a pager regarding information pertaining to a previously occurring telephone call. After receiving a call offered to a called party, a signal is transmitted from a switch to a service control point, which then obtains transmitted information relating to the call. A signal is transmitted from a service control point to a switch to instruct the switch to process the call. Another signal including the information relating to the call is transmitted preferably from the service control point to a service node and then to a communications service provider. The communications service provider is preferably a paging service provider which transmits a page including the information relating to the call to a pager associated with the called party. The information relating to the call then may be displayed on the pager.