Patent ID: 6766007
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of setting up a telephonic communication session between a calling person and an available called person at an open phone line characterized by the calling person:providing call related information on an input device contemporaneously with an attempt at establishing a communication link on the open phone line without first establishing the communication link to said available called person by said calling person, which information is related to said calling person or the subject of said session wherein a reference to the call related information in the form of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is sent with the call signals so that equipment at the called port location can go to an identified location and obtain the referenced call related information; and transmitting the call related information on the communication link to an output device of the called person contemporaneously with call signals for establishing the communication link for alerting said available called person characteristics of the incoming call to decide whether to accept, reject or transfer the request for the telephone session without requiring the available called person to enter into the telephonic session.