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7567655 System and method for accessing a messaging service using a short dialing sequence  
A system and method for providing easy access to messaging services in a telecommunications network having office switches that are used by different providers of telephone and messaging services....
7409230 Method for providing an occasion date notification function in a phone  
There is provided a method of alerting a user of an occasion date in a phone having an idle mode screen displaying function and an incoming call ring sound alteration function. It is first...
7353047 Integrated mobile phone ring scheduler  
A mobile telephone comprises a ringer to provide an audible alert of an incoming telephone call. The mobile telephone has a ringer schedule interface to receive a ringer control schedule. The...
7133506 Message delivery systems and methods  
An apparatus for allowing a calling party to transmit a message for scheduled delivery from a network-enabled device. The apparatus includes a server for receiving a message request in response to...
7043232 Method and system for sending personalized outgoing voicemail/multimedia mail messages based on the caller ID  
A method of sending personalized outgoing voicemail/multimedia mail messages based on the caller ID in a multimedia telecommunications network, the method including storing the subscriber's...
6795531 Telephone annunciator  
A telephone annunciator is disclosed which includes a voice ROM with a prerecorded message which is played back in response to a call received from an unwanted caller. A line current modulator is...
6724867 Method and apparatus for automatic message transfer from a remote messaging system to a local communication device  
The system comprises an off-premises voice or fax mail system and an on-premises CPE device that can periodically interrogate the telephone line to monitor for signals indicating that a voice or...
6636586 Telephone set device capable of vocalizing a telephone number being called  
A telephone set device capable of vocalizing a telephone number being called. A line interface circuit serves as an interface between the tip and ring wires of a standard telephone circuit and the...
6463132 Communication system having the capability of selecting an optimum communication mode from a plurality of modes, depending on the type of equipment at a party to be communicated with  
A communication system in which when an incoming call has arrived, a communication line having the capability of a high sampling rate is automatically selected without assistance of an exchange...
6385303 System and method for identifying and announcing a caller and a callee of an incoming telephone call  
The present invention comprises a telephone system and method that identify and announce the caller and/or the callee of an incoming telephone call. After receiving a telephone call from a caller,...
6373925 Telephone calling party announcement system and method  
Presented is a telephone calling party announcement system which stores telephone numbers and associated voice messages provided by a user. When an incoming telephone call occurs, and a telephone...
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...
6208731 Multisensing circuitry for class signals and stutter dial tone in visual message waiting indicator  
A VMWI (Visual Message Waiting Indicator) multisense detection device solves both the problem of long CLASS VMWI signal retransmission delays and unreliable CLASS VMWI signal transmission by...
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...
6021179 Computer system with an automatic answering device and an automatic answering method  
A computer system has an automatic answering device and a method of automatically communicating an audio response message to a caller, in response to an incoming telephone call by the caller, when...
5995594 System and method for message notification in a multimedia messaging system  
According to the invention, a system and method are provided for notifying a user of an awaiting message. The awaiting message is located in a user mailbox (24). User (10) is first provided with...
5958055 Power management system for a computer  
An off-hook state of a telephone associated with a computer is used in order to disable the power management unit of the computer to prevent premature power shutdown while the telephone is being...
5940477 Telephone answering apparatus with answer-only operation  
A telephone answering apparatus with answer-only. The telephone answering apparatus includes a converter for converting the ringing signal to a DC voltage which is used to power the telephone...
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...
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...
5794058 Extension device for a computer system capable of operating in at least three states of power management  
Described is an extension device for use with a computer system which includes a memory for storing an application program which can perform at least one software function. A modem is operative to...
5781613 Telephone answering device and method for screening incoming telephone calls with blocked calling party identification information  
A telephone answering device includes a line interface for connecting the telephone answering device to a telephone line and a ring detector, coupled to the telephone line, for detecting ringing...
5659607 Telephone set  
A telephone set including a data obtaining device which obtains a plurality of sets of own-call-number data each set of which identifies a corresponding one of a plurality of different own call...
5606598 Telephone answering device with direct telephone line interface  
A telephone answering device with a direct telephone line connection eliminates the need for a transformer, optoisolators and relays that are normally used in telephone answering devices to isolate...
5586169 Method of ringing a call responsive apparatus which answered an immediately preceding incoming call  
A method of connecting an incoming call to one of a plurality of call responsive apparatus all of which are associated with a single directory number, comprised of determining which one of the call...
5544241 Telephone ring detector  
A telephone ring detector detects a ring signal voltage from a diverse set of signals transmitted on a telephone line before a complete alternating current ring signal cycle is received. In an...
5475737 Toll saver for centralized messaging systems  
A call forwarding parameter, which a communication network uses to control forwarding of a subscriber's incoming calls to a centralized messaging system, is varied as a function of the status of a...
5442685 Automatic telephone answering apparatus including conversion recording mode  
An automatic telephone answering apparatus sends an out-going message recorded in a memory through a telephone line and records in-coming messages in another in-coming message memory. In addition,...
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...
RE34968 Handset or speaker message retrieval system  
A telephone answering machine with a built in telephone that incorporates a mechanism for retrieving messages under a variety of operating conditions has the ability to access messages through the...
5371787 Machine answer detection  
A detector to indicate if a telephone call was answered by an answering machine or a live person includes (to analyze frames): a click detector; a ring detector; a voice detector; an energy...
5355407 Phone busy circuit  
A switching circuit places a load across the TIP and RING signals of a telephone line when the computer is reset and removes the load when the computer accesses a selected memory location. Thus,...
5351289 Caller ID telephone security device  
Apparatus for automatically controlling the application of the power ring signal of an incoming call generated by the telephone company to a telecommunication device by way of an electronic...
5341411 Caller ID blocking method and processing system (block caller ID information)  
In caller ID telephone service system, if a calling party does not want to display his telephone number on the called party side, the calling party takes an authorized key number (hereinafter...
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...
5243642 Telephone call management device  
A small portable self-contained, battery powered consumer premise call management device adapted to be connected to a telephone network termination node on a premise to provide audible monitoring...
5226072 Facsimile machine having recording/reproducing apparatus  
A facsimile machine includes a telephone set, a facsimile information processor for processing facsimile information which is to be transmitted to a party device via a communication line and...
5224155 Change-over system for automatic answering telephony and facsimile reception  
A change-over system for automatic answering telephony and facsimile reception in a facsimile apparatus capable of connecting an automatic answering telephone set thereto. The time interval until...
5200992 Communication apparatus having changeable communication procedure signals  
A communication apparatus for effecting an automatic response in accordance with a call signal supplied from a line comprises a discrimination unit for discriminating types of call signals supplied...
5159626 Multi-line telephone switching system  
An answering machine is coupled to a multi-line switching system which in turn is coupled to a plurality of incoming telephone lines in parallel with the telephone equipment or the like which is...
5077786 System and method for controlling facsimile apparatus in response to a computer generated signal or a CNG signal  
A facsimile apparatus connected to a telephone line and incorporating an automatic telephone answering and recording device, which is able to be responsive to various inputs, for example, a calling...
5063589 Automatic telephone answering machine with ring signal responsive mode changing arrangement  
An automatic telephone answering machine of the kind employing a microcomputer for switching from one mode of operation to another is arranged to switch from the "stop" mode to the "automatic...
5046079 Telephone answering device with TV telephone  
A telephone answering device with TV telephone for receiving and displaying a picture signal sent from a calling party through a telephone line, in the intermission of ringing signals, so that a...
5036534 Intelligent telephone interface for automatic answering systems, and method of using  
Subscriber's interface enabling the connection of otherwise incompatible telephone device systems (hereinafter "(Z)") to a single telephone line, each telephone device system having devices such...
5014297 Telephone answering device with automatic return to incoming message mode  
In an auto telephone answering apparatus for playing back an outgoing message recorded on a magnetic tape and sending the outgoing message to a calling party and for recording an incoming message...
5001743 Method and apparatus for controlling a telephone answering device  
A control circuit for a telephone answering device provides the capability of disconnecting the telephone answering device from a telephone line and powering a microphone contained within a...
RE33507 Cordless telephone with automatic telephone answering/recording function  
A cordless telephone having a base unit with automatic telephone answering function and a portable unit has an engaging means for forming an engaging circuit upon an incoming call from a calling...
4975940 Telephone ringing adapter for operating upon reception of a preset number of calling signals  
A telephone ringing adapter has a preset number of ringing tones of a calling signal applied from a telephone call diverting device or the like. When the incoming ringing number coincides with the...
4891834 Recording telephone system equipped with a remote control change-over switch  
A message telephone with message recording and reproducing function equipped with remote control switch is disclosed. The message telephone has a calling signal identification circuit and after...
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