| US 7,561,870 B2 | ||
| Outgoing call handling system and method | ||
| Scott C. Holt, Smyrna, Ga. (US); and M. Scott Laster, Atlanta, Ga. (US) | ||
| Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, Nev. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/869,326. | ||
| Application 11/869326 is a continuation of application No. 10/934210, filed on Sep. 03, 2004, granted, now 7,280,821. | ||
| Application 10/934210 is a continuation of application No. 09/530119, granted, now 6,871,064, previously published as PCT/US98/22714, filed on Oct. 27, 1998. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/065958, filed on Nov. 04, 1997. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0032747 A1, Feb. 07, 2008 Prior Publication US 2009/0088214 A9, Apr. 02, 2009 |
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| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 1/64 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—414.1 [455/416; 455/563; 455/70; 379/88.01; 379/88.03; 379/221.08] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A mobile station apparatus comprising:
mobile station equipment configured to:
detect an attention signal from a user and in response to detection of the attention signal;
call a network platform at a callback number that is stored by the mobile station apparatus;
receive a user command from the user and communicate the user command to the network platform;
receive a command signal from the network platform that corresponds to the user command; and
perform an outgoing call function corresponding to the command signal.
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