Technique for facilitating communications with a party after initial unsuccessful communications therewith
CA 2455931 A1 · Owner: Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. · Inventors: Elsey, Nicholas J.; Powell, A. Peter; Timmins, Timothy A.
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When a caller calls a called party through an information assistance system the caller is afforded an option to leave a message for the called party in the event that the call cannot be successfully completed. When the called party receives the message from the information assistance system through a subsequent telephone connection, the called party is afforded an option to call the caller back, without first terminating the connection. In a accordance with the invention, the caller may leave the same message for not only the destination number being called but also other telephone numbers , desired by the caller. The inventive message delivery service may also be utilized to perform …
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