5,185,781 A 2f1993 Dowden et al. retrieval by the called party. If desired, a return message
from 5,210,789 A 5, 1993 Jeffus et al. a called party to a calling party can be stored …

BACKGROUND 0002 More and more people are using multiple telephone numbers for both
personal and business purposes. For example, many people have different telephone …

This invention relates to communication message delivery and more particularly to systems
and methods for allowing a called party to pay for and/or control the delivery of stored …

US PATENT DOCUMENTS 6,674,767 B1 1/2004 Kadyket al. 6,714,204 B2 3/2004 Ishida et
al. 5,724.407 A 3, 1998 Bruno et al. 6,714,859 B2 3/2004 Jones......................... TO1, 201 …

(57) ABSTRACT A System and method for providing customized announce ments to callers
based on the called party telephone number and the calling party telephone number. The …

Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to facilitate communication
betWeen a calling party and a called party. It is another object of the present invention to …

(54) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING 7,266,190 B1* 9/2007 Mullis et al............
379,211.02 CALLING AND CALLED PARTIES WHEN 7,317,714 B2* 1/2008 Roberts et …

The invention provides for a group message delivery System that includes a group message
controller. The group message controller generates a group telephone number based on …

(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 4,674,040 A 6/1987 Barker et al. DELIVERING A
SUBSCRIBER-CUSTOMIZED 5,173,688 A 12/1992 DeLuca................. 340/825.44 GROUP …

It is Sometimes desirable to easily and practically deliver a message to one or more parties
that is easily accessible by each of the parties. For example, a group leader may want to …