A method and system provides for notification of a called party of an
incoming voice phone call intended for the called party even while the
called party is engaged in data communications via a dial-up modem. In
response to a calling party placing a call, a telecommunications network
determining whether the called number is busy. If the called number is
busy, the telecommunications network determines whether the called number
is engaged in data communications. If the called number is engaged in
data communications, the telecommunications network further: determines a
data communication protocol being used by the called party to access the
data network via a modem device, retrieves from a user profile of the
called party one or more user notification addresses associated with the
data communication protocol, and transmits an incoming call notification
message to the one or more user notification addresses of the called
party. A reporting notification message is further transmitted by the
telecommunications network to the calling party to let the calling party
know that the called party has been notified of the incoming call.