Patent ID: 8315376
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A call notification system, comprising: an originating system implemented in at least one of firmware, hardware and software and being arranged to cause initiation data for each of a plurality of calls to be transmitted to a recipient system; and the recipient system being arranged to generate a call notification in response to receipt of the initiation data from the originating system, and arranged to receive call notification data from the originating system and provide, prior to the establishment of a communication phase for the call, feedback data to the originating system on the status of the call notification for each of the plurality of calls, the feedback data including an indication to the originating system of receipt of the call notification data by the recipient system for a first portion of the calls in which the recipient system received the call notification data, and an indication to the originating system of non-receipt of the call notification data by the recipient system for a second portion of the calls in which the recipient system did not receive the call notification data, wherein at least aspects of the call notification are controllable by the originating system and are operative to override one or more selected functions of the recipient system with respect to the call notification.