Patent ID: 7512117
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. The method of processing telephone calls on behalf of a subscriber which comprises, in combination, the steps of: connecting a web server to the Internet for communicating with a web browser accessible to said subscriber at a location remote from said web server, employing said web server to accept preference data submitted from said web browser via the Internet, said preference data defining the manner in which said subscriber desires to have telephone calls processed, storing said preference data in a database, employing call processing apparatus coupled to said database and to the public switched telephone network to process incoming telephone calls directed to a subscriber telephone number assigned to said subscriber via said public switched telephone network in a manner specified by said preference data, employing said call processing apparatus to forward at least some of said incoming calls to one or more destination telephone numbers specified by said preference data, recording voice mail messages from the originators of at least some of said incoming telephone calls, employing said web server to transmit to said web browser a displayable listing identifying previously recorded ones of said voice mail messages, and employing said web server to transmit one or more web pages to said web browser that enable said subscriber to listen to selected voice mail messages identified on said displayable listing.