Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis – Dynamic audio signal recording or reproduction
Patent
1996-09-20
1999-06-15
Weaver, Scott L.
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
Dynamic audio signal recording or reproduction
379 51, 379 8823, 379355, H04M 302, H04M 344
Patent
active
059129476
ABSTRACT:
A public notification system includes a first database comprising phone numbers and one or more data fields associated with each phone number. Phone numbers (callees) in the first database are selected based on the data fields associated therewith. A recorded voice message is transmitted to callees through a plurality of outgoing phone lines, and callees are prompted to enter one of several dial codes, which is recorded. The database record for the callee is automatically updated based on the response dial code, so that the updated field may be used to select whether to send a future call to the callee. A second database comprising records identifying convicted criminals is also included in the public notification system. Each record in the second database comprises one or more data fields associated with a convicted criminal. If the callee's dial code response indicates an interest in receiving information about convicted criminals, future calls will be made to the callee concerning the existence of convicted criminals in a particular geographic area of interest to the callee.
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Arnold Scott
Arnold William D.
Langsenkamp Al
Fowler, III Russell E.
Overhauser Paul B.
Sigma/Micro Corporation
Weaver Scott L.
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