Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis
Patent
1994-10-20
1996-12-10
Hofsass, Jeffery
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
379 88, 379 89, 379354, 379355, 379357, H04M 164, H04M 126
Patent
active
055839193
ABSTRACT:
The appliance includes: a memory containing a series of telephone numbers; means for addressing said memory; dialing means suitable for transforming an address number into a sequence of multifrequency signals; and a first transducer suitable for transforming said sequence into acoustic signals, and capable of being coupled to the microphone of a telephone handset. According to the invention, the memory further contains, for each number, at least one associated voice signature; a second transducer is provided suitable for picking up a looked-for name as uttered by the user; voice recognition means are provided suitable for analyzing a picked-up name and for transforming it into an associated voice signature; and addressing means are provided comprising association means suitable for finding data in the memory that correspond to that provided by the voice recognition means and for addressing the corresponding position in the memory.
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Seydoux Henri
Talvard Jean-Pierre
Dharia Parag
Hofsass Jeffery
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