Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis
Patent
1996-03-19
1997-05-20
Zele, Krista M.
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
379199, 379189, H04M 164
Patent
active
056319517
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for preventing unwanted telephone calls adapted to operate in conjunction with a conventional telephone and an associated telephone line. A playback mechanism comprises an integrated circuit adapted to allow the transmission of a message via the telephone line upon the activation thereof for prompting a caller to enter a password. Also included is verification circuitry adapted to accept via the telephone line a first password and further transmit an actuation signal upon the positive verification of the first password with a predetermined second password. Finally, control circuitry is connected to the playback mechanism and verification circuitry. The control circuitry is adapted to activate the playback mechanism and allow the transmission of the message to another party upon the receipt of a call. The control circuitry also accepts the first password and allows communication between the telephone and associated telephone line upon the receipt of the actuation signal from the verification mechanism.
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Ferguson Keith
Zele Krista M.
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