Patent ID: 7613470

Claim:
A wireless network for providing repeat dialing, the wireless network comprising: an originating Mobile Switching Center (MSC) system that serves a calling party; and a terminating Mobile Switching Center (MSC) system that serves a called party; the originating MSC system receives a call from the calling party to the called party, and transmits a call setup message for receipt by the terminating MSC system; the terminating MSC system receives the call setup message, determines if the called party is available responsive to the call setup message, and transmits a busy message for receipt by the originating MSC system responsive to determining that the called party is busy on another call; the originating MSC system transmits the busy message to the calling party, receives a repeat dialing instruction from the calling party to activate a repeat dialing feature, and transmits a repeat dialing indicator to the terminating MSC system; the terminating MSC system receives the repeat dialing indicator, monitors the availability of the called party to identify when the called party becomes available responsive to receiving the repeat dialing indicator, and pages the called party responsive to identifying that the called party has become available to immediately attempt to set up a call between the called party and the calling party at the terminating side as soon as the called party becomes available.