IP Library Granted Patent US 9,544,427
Granted Patent B2
US 9,544,427 · App. 14/859,255 · Granted Jan 10, 2017

Methods, systems, and products for processing communications

Inventors: Robert A. Koch (Norcross, GA); Robert G. Hensey, Jr. (Norcross, GA); Shiejye Geoffrey Lin (Duluth, GA); David Archie Scott (Norcross, GA)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
H04M3/42153H04L67/306H04M1/72563H04M3/428H04M3/42059H04W4/14H04W4/16H04M3/548H04M2201/42
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Patent No.
US 9,544,427
App. No.
14/859,255
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Users are provided control of their communications. Should a call be processed for a user, a text message may be automatically sent as a response to the call. The user may pre-compose different text messages. The user may also compose a custom text message. Regardless, the user's text message is automatically sent as a response to the call.

Claims (33)

1. A method, comprising:

pausing, by a network element, processing associated with a call prior to termination to a called address, the call associated with a calling address;

querying, by the network element, an electronic database for the calling address, the electronic database storing electronic associations between text messages and calling addresses including the calling address to retrieve a text message of the text messages that is electronically associated with the calling address; and

initiating, by the network element, the text message to the calling address as a response to the call.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving an indication of activation associated with the text message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a selection of different pre-composed text messages.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a profile associated with the calling address.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a profile associated with the called address.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving an indication of deactivation associated with the called address.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a do not disturb setting.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

pausing processing associated with a call from a calling address prior to termination at a called address;

querying an electronic database for the calling address, the electronic database storing electronic associations between text messages and calling addresses including the calling address;

retrieving a text message of the text messages from the electronic database, the text message having an electronic association with the calling address; and

initiating the text message to the calling address in response to the call.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an indication of activation associated with the text message.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise providing a selection of different pre-composed text messages.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a profile associated with the calling address.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a profile associated with the called address.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an indication of deactivation associated with the called address.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a do not disturb setting.

15. A method, comprising:

pausing processing, by a network element, of a call from a calling address prior to termination to a called address;

querying, by the network element, an electronic database for the calling address, the electronic database storing electronic associations between text messages and calling addresses including the calling address;

retrieving, by the network element, a text message of the text messages from the electronic database, the text message having an electronic association with the calling address; and

initiating, from the network element, the text message to the calling address in response to the call.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising retrieving an indication of activation associated with the text message.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising providing a selection of different pre-composed text messages.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising retrieving a profile associated with the calling address.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising retrieving a profile associated with the called address.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising retrieving a do not disturb setting.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2016
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 037735/0542 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 15, 2016
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 037820/0343 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 15, 2016
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 037821/0987 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 15, 2016
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 037822/0007 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2015
From: KOCH, ROBERT A.; HENSEY, ROBERT G., JR.; LIN, SHIEJYE GEOFFREY; SCOTT, DAVID ARCHIE
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036614/0054 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 14185975 · Feb 21, 2014
Continuation 12411427 · Mar 26, 2009
Continuation 10012746 · Dec 7, 2001
Provisional Application 60277517 · Mar 19, 2001
Related Publication 20160014272A1 · Jan 14, 2016