THOMAS LEONARD RUSSELL, JR
Pilots at Horse Shoe Ct, Vanderburg, NJ

4932042, Jun 5, 1990

Mar 3, 1989

7/318292

Elliott Baral - Chicago IL
Percy B. Brown - East Brunswick NJ
Reuben D. Hauptman - Marlboro NJ
Richard J. Jaeger - West Chicago IL
Frank C. LaPorta - Millington NJ
Pamela J. Lauber - Middletown NJ
Richard E. LeCronier - New Monmouth NJ
Randall H. Nelson - Ocean NJ
Thomas L. Russell - Colts Neck NJ
Wen-Ping Ying - East Brunswick NJ

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

H04M 350, H04M 706, H04M 1100

379 67

This invention relates to arrangements for providing a new spontaneous voice message service to any telephone customer at any telephone station when that customer encounters any destination that is busy or that does not answer. When a customer having a dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) station calls any destination that is busy or does not answer, the customer is invited, via an announcement identifying the new service, to record the caller's voice message. The announcement accompanies the returned busy tone or audible ring signal. The customer keys *867(=*VMS) and is then connected to a Voice Message Operations Center (VMOC) which prompts the customer to record the message. Advantageously, customers need not redial a VMOC number, their own number, and a destination number to reach a VMOC for storing the video message; the added convenience of this arrangement should stimulate substantial additional use of voice message service. The announcement, at very low cost, makes the customers aware of the service at the time they are most likely to use the service.

4890322, Dec 26, 1989

Aug 17, 1988

7/235723

Thomas L. Russell - Colts Neck NJ

American Telephone and Telegraph Company - New York NY
AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

H04N 7167, H04H 100

380 20

The system (10) provides a way of utilizing announcement distribution service equipment (21) which is presently in use in telecommunications networks (20) for ordering television or other signals (23) on a per program basis. The program signals (23) are enciphered. The receiver (30) is connected to receive a deciphered signal from a subscriber deciphering unit (18) at a subscriber location. The subscriber unit (18) is connected to the telecommunications network (20) by a nondedicated telephone service line (28). In response to an order instruction by the subscriber, the unit (18) automatically calls the appropriate announcement distribution service number for the channel associated with the desired program signal and receives from the service the coded key information (58) necessary for it to decipher the program signal. When the program signal is received by the unit (18), it is accompanied by control signals during retrace intervals which activate deciphering circuitry (G) in the unit. Also disclosed is a method of operation for the system (10) and a subscriber deciphering unit (18) for use in the system (10).

2002008, Jun 27, 2002

Nov 26, 2001

09/994200

John Norris - Highlands NJ, US
Thomas Russell - Colts Neck NJ, US

H04L012/66, H04L012/56

370/352000, 370/401000

Conventional Internet access service and new computer programs are added to a conventional telephone central office. This system is able to alert a subscriber whose telephone line is connected to the Internet of a waiting call via the Internet access connection. Specifically, in response to a call that is waiting for a subscriber, the system establishes a new communication with the subscriber using the Internet access connection and new programs in the subscriber's data terminal. The system then notifies the subscriber of the waiting call via the Internet access connection. The system may then forward the telephone call to the subscriber via the Internet access connection responsive to a subscriber's request to do so without terminating the subscriber's Internet connection, or the subscriber may choose to answer the call in a conventional manner, or may select another option in response to the call notification.

2005023, Oct 20, 2005

Jun 15, 2005

11/153827

John Norris - Highlands NJ, US
Thomas Russell - Colts Neck NJ, US

H04L012/28, H04L012/66

370352000, 370401000

Conventional Internet access service and new computer programs are added to a conventional telephone central office. This system is able to alert a subscriber whose telephone line is connected to the Internet of a waiting call via the Internet access connection. Specifically, in response to a call that is waiting for a subscriber, the system establishes a new communication with the subscriber using the Internet access connection and new programs in the subscriber's data terminal. The system then notifies the subscriber of the waiting call via the Internet access connection. The system may then forward the telephone call to the subscriber via the Internet access connection responsive to a subscriber's request to do so without terminating the subscriber's Internet connection, or the subscriber may choose to answer the call in a conventional manner, or may select another option in response to the call notification.

5333180, Jul 26, 1994

Sep 23, 1991

7/763487

Percy B. Brown - East Brunswick NJ
Nga V. Chau - Middletown NJ
Tung-Hai K. Hsiao - Freehold NJ
Georg K. Karawas - West Long Branch NJ
Richard E. LeCronier - New Monmouth NJ
Dawn R. Parrott - Neptune NJ
Thomas L. Russell - Colts Neck NJ
Wen-Ping Ying - East Brunswick NJ

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

H04M 164

379 89

A Call Message Delivery System (CDS) in response to a request from a caller to deliver an international voice call message, uses the country code digits of the called station number to select the language to be used in the system announcement which precedes the delivery of the caller's message to the called station. Another feature enables the caller to select a system announcement to be delivered with the call message. An additional feature enables the caller to record his or her own announcement as the system announcement.

4972461, Nov 20, 1990

Sep 20, 1989

7/410559

Percy B. Brown - East Brunswick NJ
Nga V. Chau - Middletown NJ
Tung-Hai Hsiao - Freehold NJ
Georg K. Karawas - West Long Branch NJ
Richard E. LeCronier - New Monmouth NJ
Dawn R. Parrott - Neptune NJ
Thomas L. Russell - Colts Neck NJ
Wen-Ping Ying - East Brunswick NJ

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

H04M 350, H04M 1512

379 67

A call delivery service (CDS) apparatus and method are disclosed which enable non-subscriber callers to a common carrier network to bill a voice message delivery to their billing code, and to check the delivery status of the message from the network during a subsequent call. Optionally, at the caller's request, CDS can deliver the message status to the caller at a predesignated station. In one embodiment the caller can optionally request a response from the message recipient or answering party at the called station.

4939771, Jul 3, 1990

Sep 20, 1989

7/410556

Percy B. Brown - East Brunswick NJ
Nga V. Chau - Middletown NJ
A. R. Gore - Eatontown NJ
Tung-Hai Hsiao - Freehold NJ
Georg K. Karawas - West Long Branch NJ
Richard E. LeCronier - New Monmouth NJ
Dawn R. Parrott - Neptune NJ
Usha Rao - Piscataway NJ
Thomas L. Russell - Colts Neck NJ
Wen-Ping Ying - East Brunswick NJ

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

H04M 350

379 67

A Call Message Delivery system (CDS) enables an attendant to control the delivery of a recorded call message from a caller to a specified party at a called station. The CDS alerts the attendant at a delivery time, selected by either the caller or the system. When the attendant determines that the specified party has answered the call at the called station, the caller's recorded call message is outputted to the specified party. If the specified party is not available, the attendant may schedule the call for a later delivery or may forward the call to another station specified by the answering party at the called station.

5805587, Sep 8, 1998

Nov 27, 1995

8/562678

John H. Norris - Highlands NJ
Thomas Leonard Russell - Colts Neck NJ

AT&T Corp. - Middletown NJ

H04L 1228, H04M 342, H04M 1100, H04M 164

370352

A facility is provided to alert a subscriber whose telephone station set is connected to the Internet of a waiting call via the Internet connection. Specifically, a call that is waiting may be forwarded via the Public Switched Network to a services platform, which, in turn, establishes a connection to the subscriber using the Internet. The platform then notifies the subscriber of the waiting call via the Internet connection. The platform may then forward the telephone call to the subscriber via the Internet responsive to a subscriber request to do so with interrupting the subscriber's Internet connection.