BACKGROUND In multiparty households or offices that share a single phone number, it is
common for someone in the premise to receive a call directed to someone else who is not at …

BACKGROUND 0002. In recent years, there has been an ever-increasing Volume of
telephone calls and text messages sent to mobile stations (MS) also commonly known as …

BACKGROUND Conference calls are typically provided by a conference service and are
used to enable a calling party to have one or more other parties partake in a call. Such a …

BACKGROUND The use and development of communications has grown nearly
exponentially in recent years. The growth is fueled by larger networks with more reliable …

Frequently, especially in the home, phone messages left for absent household members
with another member of the household are not recorded and are consequently not deliv …

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

BACKGROUND As the population becomes more reliant on telecommu nications services,
more people utilize call-forwarding fea tures to avoid missing calls. Call forwarding can …

BACKGROUND Individuals often desire to communicate with another party without live
interaction. Emails have provided such commu nications but access to email is not always …

BACKGROUND Caller identification information, referred to as caller ID, is typically sent
during most phone calls. The caller ID usually includes a name and the phone number of a …

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2/2005 Bosilk et al.................... 455,445 6,975,874 B1 12/2005 Bates et al. 6,999,757 B2 …