Anonymous interactive telephone system

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1997-08-15

1998-09-15

Brown, Thomas W.

Telephonic communications

Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis

Multilingual system or operation

379196, 379246, H04M 164, H04M 166

Patent

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058091149

ABSTRACT:
An anonymous interactive telephone system for connecting a caller to a subscriber without divulging the identity or telephone number of either unless voluntarily revealed. The subscriber publishes an advertisement together with a telephone number of a system controller station. A subscriber reference number is embedded within the telephone number of the system controller station as a DID number. The subscriber also supplies information to the system controller station related to time periods during which calls may be directly forwarded to the subscriber or intercepted by the system controller. The system controller repeatedly accesses the central switching station or local switching station of the public telephone company to activate and de-activate the call forwarding function of the switching station for controlling call forwarding to the subscriber on the basis of the subscriber's published DID number. A call screening system having answer machine style interfacing is further provided.

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