Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis – Call source identification
Reexamination Certificate
2004-12-09
2008-08-05
Gauthier, Gerald (Department: 2614)
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
Call source identification
C379S114100, C379S215010
Reexamination Certificate
active
07409048
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to telecommunications, and in particular, to systems and processes for processing telephone calls and providing telephony services. In one embodiment, a call processing system, compromises a first telephony interface configured to receive a call from a caller, a storage device configured to store a greeting, and a call answering system. The call answering system is configured to play the greeting in response to receiving the call, record a voice message from the caller, determine when the caller has completed recording the voice message, after determining that the caller has completed recording the voice message, play a prompt regarding the caller becoming a subscriber to call services provided by the call processing system, receive from the caller information used to establish a call services account, and establish a call services account for the caller.
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Day John R.
Duva Robert
Smith Robert F.
Trandal David
Callwave, Inc.
Gauthier Gerald
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
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