Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A communication system for advising an intended called party recipient of the availability of a calling party sender for return messages, said system comprising: a data terminal associated with each of said calling and called parties, a message routing module for interconnecting said calling and called parties; and a presence processor connected to said data terminal of said calling and called parties and obtaining from a calling party descriptive information and availability status information of said calling party, said message routing module communicating with said presence processor in response to said calling party not completing a call to said called party and said presence processor in response thereto forwarding to the data terminal of said called party said descriptive information and said availability status information of said calling party.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
A communication system for advising an intended called party recipient of the availability of a calling party sender for return messages, said system comprising: a data terminal associated with each of said calling and called parties, a message routing module for interconnecting said calling and called parties; and a presence processor connected to said data terminal of said calling and called parties and obtaining from a calling party descriptive information and availability status information of said calling party, said message routing module communicating with said presence processor in response to said calling party not completing a call to said called party and said presence processor in response thereto forwarding to the data terminal of said called party said descriptive information and said availability status information of said calling party.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said presence processor includes circuitry for communicating with said data terminals and said message routing module, a datastore for storing status information, and status processor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said communication system is a telephone system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 3 , wherein said message routing module is a call agent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 4 , wherein communications between said call agent, said presence processor, and said calling and called parties, including said data terminals, are through a packet-based communication network.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 5 , further including a residential gateway between each of said calling and called parties and said packet-based communication network.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 6 , further including a packet based network connecting said service control point to said data terminals of said calling and called parties.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 3 , wherein said message routing module is a telephone switch and said presence processor is a service control point.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said data terminal includes a scheduling calendar, said presence processor obtaining said availability status information from said scheduling calendar.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said availability status information indicates the calling party's availability for return communication from the called party.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The communication system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said presence processor is operative to dynamically update said availability status information.