Customized, billing-controlled call bridging system

Details Customized, billing-controlled call bridging system Customized, billing-controlled call bridging system

1998-07-08

1999-08-24

Tsang, Fan S.

Telephonic communications

Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis

Message management

379211, H04M 164

Patent

active

059434031

ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for providing customized, billing-controlled call bridging services through a bridging node which includes a node interface for connection through incoming and outgoing telephone trunks to a carrier switch of a public switched network, an audio peripheral for recording, playing, and analyzing audio signals, and a node controller for controlling operation of the node interface and the audio peripheral.

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