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6337898 Method for monitoring voicemail calls using ADSI capable CPE  
A Central Office voicemail system permits a customer to monitor incoming calls and decide whether or not he wishes to take the call. When a call is made to a called party (customer) and the called...
6332018 Communication apparatus selectively preventing production of a callers voice  
In a communication apparatus capable of selectively preventing the production of a caller's voice only during the recording of a message without requiring a user to change the message volume...
6324263 Digital telephone system with automatic routing based upon caller ID  
A telephone system including improved automated routing of telephone calls based upon caller ID data. If caller ID data is received, it is used as a search key to search a routing table listing...
6292823 Method and apparatus for communicating messages of varying protocols over a single communications network  
A method and system enhance communication capabilities between a message sender and a message recipient. The message sender generates a message notification that identifies to the recipient a...
6275793 Speech playback with prebuffered openings  
Playback of pre-recorded messages to respond to caller inquiries has been subject to delays inherent in speech retrieval. Latent periods, both initial and intra-message, are reduced by breaking...
6226378 Method and system for anonymously testing for a human malady  
An anonymous testing system for taking a sample of body fluid to be tested, the sample is acquired in private and sent for analyzation to obtain results. The system comprises a test kit for...
6151386 Technique for efficiently accessing telephone messages  
In a telephone answering system, announcements are pre-recorded to elicit from a caller one or more attributes and details of a message. Such attributes may include the identity of the caller, the...
6122347 System and method for self-announcing a caller of an incoming telephone call  
The present invention comprises a telephone system and method for self-announcing a caller of an incoming telephone call. After an incoming telephone call is received from a caller, the telephone...
6058164 Mode-switchable telephone and mode setting and switching methods for the same  
The present invention relates to a mode-switchable telephone and mode setting and switching methods for the telephone. The mode-switchable telephone has a comparing unit which compares a value of a...
5974131 Call forwarding on busy or no answer when call waiting is active  
A method and an apparatus for handling incoming calls when call waiting is active. If the called party is not on a call when an incoming call occurs and the called party does not answer the...
5970124 Sponsored information distribution method and apparatus  
A database having information which the consumer desires to know, a database containing attributes of the consumer, and a database of advertising messages that an interactive voice response system...
5898759 Telephone answering machine with on-line switch function  
The present invention relates to a telephone answering machine which can be initiated after a telephone connection is established. It comprises a memory for storing out-going messages and incoming...
5894505 Telephone answering machine  
In a telephone answering machine, when the calling party information reception unit receives calling party information, and the call detection circuit detects a receiving signal, the main control...
5892820 Directory assistance access to intercept telephone numbers  
Directory assistance calls are routed to an operator tandem switch that distributes incoming directory assistance calls among available operator positions. For each call, the operator interacts...
5889838 Telephone set  
In a telephone set, a voiced and silent section detecting device detects whether the voice message stored in a storage device by an automatic answering function is a voiced section or a silent...
5859900 Universal call access with reverse billing  
A method for billing a telephone call to a called party for a telephone call between a calling party and the called party, comprising the steps of receiving a predetermined access number; prompting...
5859902 Method for processing collect calls  
When a collect call is initiated by a calling party, and the call is routed to an operator services position, an automated attendant, or other system in the telephone network. In addition to...
5850428 Message management system and method  
An automated message handling system and method particularly useful to efficiently exchange information between repair shops and customers waiting on items to be repaired is disclosed. The system...
5835569 Communication terminal equipment for receiving and sending message information and the control method thereof  
A communication terminal equipment and the control method thereof, which display the message information read out from an information storing device on a display device, and perform a desired...
5832060 System and associated method for concatenated messaging  
A method for call back messaging is disclosed. The method allows a calling party to provide name and number information for automatic delivery to a called party in instances where the called party...
5822401 Statistical diagnosis in interactive voice response telephone system  
There is disclosed a system and method for monitoring the performance of a multi-line automated telephone system and detecting complete or intermittent faults on the incoming phone lines and in...
5768344 Method and apparatus for screening telephone calls in response to an answering device beep tone  
A remote audio monitor for use with a telephone answering device connected to a common telephone line enables the screening of an incoming telephone call from a remote location with respect to the...
5751760 Controller for a telephone system with code screening of incoming calls  
A remotely accessible telephone control system for connection to a telephone network and method of handling telephonic communications. The system includes a detector for detecting signals on...
5729600 Automatic call distributor with automated voice responsive call servicing system and method  
An automatic call distributor (10) with a switch (12) which interconnects customer telephonic units (14A) of an external telephonic network (14B) with an internal network of agent units (16) having...
5721537 Pager-recorder and methods  
A hand-held device contains a paging receiver and a microphone to accept dictation of messages. A common digital data store holds received transmissions and dictated messages.
5661796 Telephone set  
A cordless telephone set including a master set and at least one personal set connected to a telephone line via the master set, in which the personal set has a detecting section for detecting...
5652576 Switching system and information storing equipment  
An information storing equipment having a plurality of storage units which store information therein, and a control unit which accommodates one or more communication circuits therein and which...
5586172 Telephone exchange system  
A telephone exchange system accommodates a plurality of central office lines and a plurality of telephones and records a telephonic communication in a recording area shared by the plurality of...
5542103 Radiotelephone with easily accessible feature activation  
The dual function switch of the present invention allows a radiotelephone user to enable or disable a feature of the radiotelephone while a call is being received and before it is answered. Before...
5533104 Telephone answering device and method  
A telephone answering device for permitting a person to switch an incoming telephone call to a message recording or answering machine for taking or recording a message from a caller onto at least...
5528669 Single cassette answering machine with dual phone line and mailbox features  
An answering machine has a single tape for recording phone messages wherein messages are recorded on at least two tracks. The answering machine optionally includes a voice synthesis system for...
5521975 Telephone terminal device with means for detecting abandonment of call  
A telephone terminal device, which is activated by a predetermined number of ringing signals even if a telephone call occurred immediately after a previous caller had abandoned a call before...
5490273 System of dedicated elementary data processing machines organized in multiple levels and selectively activated to process incoming events  
A data processing machine comprises a plurality of elementary machines (SUPMS, DEP, ARR, . . . ) disposed in a plurality of levels (level 1, level 2, . . .), and an event presentation device (PTA)...
5485506 Method for designating recorded messages  
A method for designating messages allows individual messages to be designated as "read" if (i) the message has been played for a predetermined amount of time (150) or (ii) the replay of the message...
5481596 Auxiliary baseband telephone interface for an answering machine  
An auxiliary baseband telephone instrument interface is provided in an answering machine to which any auxiliary telephone instrument, whether corded or cordless, can be connected and can control...
5475739 Radio telephone apparatus having automatic answering function for confidential messages  
In an automatic answering telephone apparatus, a correspondence table between a plurality of record areas of a speech memory and a plurality of identification numbers is provided. When an...
5436963 Telephone answering method and apparatus  
A method and data processing system are disclosed for processing incoming telephone calls. In one embodiment, the invention, in response to the receipt of an incoming telephone call, searches a...
5426691 Method and apparatus for detecting a prescribed audio frequency actuating signal applied on to a telecommunication line  
An electrical apparatus, associated with a telecommunications line, includes a unique dual input/dual output prescribed audio actuating signal responsive circuit. The responsive circuit pursuant to...
5422937 Remotely controlled telephone operator simulator  
A remotely controlled telephone operator simulator includes a microprocessor control circuit for supplying digitally recorded voice messages and non-voice messages, as initial "answers" to an...
5418841 Telephone answering machine with non-volatile memory  
An automatically answerable telephone apparatus comprises a control unit having a rewritable memory for storing control data for automatically responding operation and operative to control a line...
5357247 Method and equipment for alerting of dangerous water levels  
An improved alerting system and method of manufacture and assembly for boats that contacts boat owners at a remote location to pending danger of water rising within the boat and permits the boat...
5311573 Facsimile apparatus  
A communication apparatus, which is able to receive a peculiar information of other station and a voice message from the another station, records the peculiar information and the voice message in...
5280517 Storage apparatus which controls the usage of a storage medium  
A storage apparatus capable of storing information in accordance with the history of use of the storage medium employed therewith. Control is performed in accordance with the history of...
5278896 Automatic answering telephone apparatus  
An automatic answering telephone apparatus for sending an out-going message through a telephone line and recording at least one incoming message on a magnetic tape using a tape recorder which can...
5208849 Method of and apparatus for private telephone automatic locating and answering  
A method of and an apparatus for private telephone automatic locating and answering. By installing at a receiver's location, an apparatus for automatic telephone locating and answering, the...
5189691 VCR with video phone answering capability  
This invention is a dual-deck VCR including answering machine logic whereby the VCR can also be used to answer a video telephone system. The video cassette decks of the VCR are switched between and...
5187734 Telephone message recording device  
A telephone answering attachment to a highfidelity music system. An adaptor switches audio signals between a telephone circuit, a double-deck recorder and an amplifier. A bell signal on the...
5172405 Answering machine arrangement  
An answering machine arrangement includes a recording medium for recording a message from outside with a passcode being previously recorded in a particular area of the recording medium, a device...
5140629 Call transfer device for an automatic answering phone using an answering message tape  
There is disclosed a call transfer method and device of an automatic answering phone, whereby a memory integrated circuit (IC) and a magnetic tape are used to commonly store an answering message, a...
5125023 Software switch for digitized audio signals  
A method and apparatus are described for permitting conferencing in an automatic telephone information system by utilizing shared circular memory buffers incorporated in voice processing boards...
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