Patent ID: 7602896
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computing device perform acts for providing a call waiting priority alert service to a subscriber of a telephone line, the acts comprising: associating a plurality of priority codes with a single telephone number of the telephone line, the plurality of priority codes being other than innate indicators of caller identification and having been provided to a plurality of calling parties, wherein a first calling party is provided with at least one priority code that is unique to the first calling party relative to other calling parties of the plurality, wherein each priority code of the plurality of priority codes corresponds to a priority alert signal specific to the priority code; receiving a call from a calling party of the plurality while the telephone line is engaged in a first communication session between the subscriber and a third party; soliciting from the calling party a priority code; determining whether the priority code matches one of the plurality of priority codes; playing the priority alert signal associated with the priority code to interfere with the first communication session; and establishing a second communication session between the calling party and the subscriber if the subscriber chooses to suspend the first communication session.