Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis – Call source identification
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-13
2007-11-13
Gauthier, Gerald (Department: 2614)
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
Call source identification
C379S142060, C455S563000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11294294
ABSTRACT:
An audio caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a speaker for audibly alerting the called party to the nature of an incoming call. A speech synthesizer in concert with an audio caller ID program may audibly identify a name and/or number of the calling party displayed on the called party's caller ID device, including descriptive terms for calling parties such as “private,” “unlisted,” or “out of the area.” When the called party's telephone begins to ring, the called party may listen to the audio identification of the calling party for a quick screening without having to go to the telephone to read the caller ID.
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AT&T BLS Intellectual Property Inc.
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Gauthier Gerald
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