Beth B Davis

US Patent:

8005463, Aug 23, 2011

Filed:

Aug 2, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/848801

Inventors:

Gregory Wayne Cermak - Needham MA, US
Douglas Reynold Jones - Medford NJ, US
Timothy Wayne Schmidt - Wilton CT, US
Sandra Kelly Teare - Needham MA, US
Eric Andrew Goodheart - Brighton MA, US
Margaret Malagon - Gulph Mills PA, US
Elizabeth Louise Fuller - Waltham MA, US
Aaron Joseph Dagen - Brooklyn NY, US
David Anthony Fay - Still River MA, US
Piotr Kajetan Boni - Providence RI, US
Beth Shelley Davis - Acton MA, US
Dermot Anthony Murray - Mount Vernon NY, US
Ann Wander Shaub - Gaithersburg MD, US
Joanne Snare LaCourse - Hudson MA, US

Assignee:

Verizon Laboratories Inc. - Waltham MA
Verizon Services Corp. - Ashburn VA

International Classification:

H04M 11/10

US Classification:

455413, 4554121, 4554141, 455417, 455421

Abstract:

A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail.

US Patent:

7773974, Aug 10, 2010

Filed:

Sep 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/236516

Inventors:

Gregory Wayne Cermak - Needham MA, US
Douglas Reynold Jones - Medford NJ, US
Timothy Wayne Schmidt - Wilton CT, US
Sandra Kelly Teare - Needham MA, US
Eric Andrew Goodheart - Brighton MA, US
Margaret Malagon - Gulph Mills PA, US
Elizabeth Louise Fuller - Waltham MA, US
Aaron Joseph Dagen - Brooklyn NY, US
David Anthony Fay - Still River MA, US
Piotr Kajetan Boni - Providence RI, US
Beth Shelley Davis - Acton MA, US
Dermot Anthony Murray - Mount Vernon NY, US
Ann Wander Shaub - Gaithersburg MD, US
Joanne Snare LaCourse - Hudson MA, US

Assignee:

Verizon Services Corp. - Ashburn VA

International Classification:

H04M 11/10

US Classification:

455413, 4554141, 455417, 455421, 4554121

Abstract:

A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail.