Intelligent telephone set

a telephone set and intelligent technology, applied in the field of intelligent telephone sets, can solve the problems of users being charged for unwanted calls, limited in their use of cid information,

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-10
VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC
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While the above mentioned applications are useful, they are quite limited in their use of CID information.
This often results in users being charged for unwanted calls being forwarded to their wireless units.

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[0026] Reference will now be made in detail to the present exemplary embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. An exemplary embodiment of the telephone set of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1, and is designated generally throughout by reference numeral 10.

[0027] In accordance with the invention, the present invention for an intelligent telephone set includes a caller-ID circuit operative to extract a call identifier from an incoming call propagating on a telephone line. A call processing circuit is coupled to the caller-ID circuit. The call processing circuit assigns the incoming call to a caller category based on the call identifier. The caller categories include important calls, regular calls, and undesirable calls. However, the present invention allows the user to create any number of caller categories....

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An intelligent telephone set is disclosed that includes a caller-ID circuit that extracts a call identifier from an incoming call. A call processing circuit in communication with the caller-ID circuit assigns the incoming call to a caller category associated with the call identifier. Subsequently, it selects a call processing action corresponding to the caller category and processes the incoming call using the selected call processing action. The intelligent telephone set allows users to set criteria for receiving and processing calls based on CID data One such call processing action is to use CID data to forward an incoming call to a predetermined location.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is a divisional of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 824,116, filed Apr. 2, 2001, entitled “Intelligent Telephone Set.”BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates generally to telephone devices, and particularly to an intelligent telephone set equipped with caller-ID and call forwarding capabilities. [0004] 2. Technical Background [0005] The local exchange carriers (LECS) offer their customers various services such as caller ID (CID), call forwarding, and voice mail. Caller identification (CID) services are offered by the telephone companies to provide caller information to called parties. Typically, the CID is the caller's telephone number. The CID information is used to track incoming calls, to trace malicious and prank calls, to store identified numbers for re-dial, and to block unwanted calls. Most countries employ the 1200 baud Bell 202 standard or the CCITT V.2...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04M1/57H04M15/06
CPCH04M1/006H04M1/57H04M2215/0108H04M15/745H04M19/04H04M15/06H04M3/42059H04M3/54
Inventor KIM, HACK
Owner VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC
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