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==Call waiting deluxe== '''Call waiting deluxe''' is the [[Bellcore]] (now [[Telcordia Technologies]]) term for Type II [[caller ID]] with Disposition Options.<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LyhIC7oBnIQC&pg=RA1-PA670|year=1994|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office|pages=1–}}</ref> This [[Custom Local Area Signaling Services|CLASS]]-based [[Plain old telephone service|POTS]]-telephone calling feature works by combining the services of call waiting with [[caller ID]] but also introduces an "options" feature that, in conjunction with certain screen-based telephones, or other capable equipment, gives a telephone user the option to: * '''Switch''': Place the current call on hold to take the second call (not a new feature) * '''Hang-up''': Disconnect the current call and take the second call * '''Please Hold''': Send the caller either a custom or telephone-company-generated voice message asking the caller to hold * '''Forward to Voice Mail''': Send the incoming caller to the recipient’s [[voice mail]] service. * '''Join''': Add the incoming caller to the existing conversation.
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