Patents Represented by Attorney Ross Sheridan
  • Patent number: 5724412
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a telephony subscriber with Internet information related to a caller attempting to call the subscriber is disclosed. The Internet information is provided to the customer premises equipment of the subscriber during the first and second ring of a call. Subsequently, if the call is not completed, then the caller's Internet information is accessible at a later time, along with any corresponding voice mail associated with the call and any caller-ID information such as the caller's name and/or telephone number. Additionally, the present invention allows the subscriber to request that caller information corresponding to an incomplete call to the subscriber be presented to the caller's customer premises equipment in one of the forms: all text, all vocalized in speech or a combination of text and vocalized speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: U S West, Inc.
    Inventor: Thiru Srinivasan