Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis – Multilingual system or operation
Patent
1988-12-28
1990-06-19
Brown, Thomas W.
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
Multilingual system or operation
379 94, 379 96, H04M 350, H04M 1100
Patent
active
049359541
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for automatically polling message service systems to obtain messages for a user of the apparatus. The apparatus is a computer attached to the user's telephone connected to a communication switching system. The computer responds to messages from the communication switching system or to an internal real time clock timing out to poll a number of message service systems to obtain messages for the user. The computer automatically performs logon procedures, message access procedures and message deletion procedures with the various message service systems. If the message service system is audio only, the computer generates audio tones and interprets verbal instruction in order to implement the above procedures.
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Thompson John S.
Tierney, Jr. Thomas J.
AT&T Company
Brown Thomas W.
Moran John C.
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