Patent ID: 6724872
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
In a telecommunications system, a method of sending a message to a calling party from a called party where the calling party places a telephone call to the called party while the called party is operating a computing device utilizing the same telephone line as is used for receipt of telephone calls from the calling party, comprising the steps of:receiving a telephone call from the calling party to the called party; determining the called party's line is in use by the called party's computing device; obtaining caller identification information for the calling party; routing the caller identification information to the called party's computing device; notifying the called party of an incoming telephone call from the calling party; sending a message from the called party to the calling party without interrupting the called party's line that is in use by the called party's computing device; and if the calling party disconnects the calling party's line prior to the step of sending the message to the calling party, then calling the calling party to provide the message to the calling party.