Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis – Indication or notification of message
Patent
1997-07-15
1999-10-26
Weaver, Scott
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
Indication or notification of message
379 69, 379372, H04M 164
Patent
active
059741171
ABSTRACT:
A computer-controlled telephone system capable of answering a call to a user telephone associated with the system, notifying a user of the call, and telephoning a previous caller upon command by the user. The system has a sensor capable of determining whether the user telephone is in use, and an outgoing message delivery component activateable by the sensor when the user telephone is in use or is unanswered. The outgoing message requests identity information from a caller, and a recorder component is capable of storing this identity information. The system further includes a notification component in communication with the recorder component and capable of automatically audibly notifying the user of the occurrence of the call and capable of providing the identity information, and a dialer component capable upon command of causing dialing of a telephone number included in the identity information from the caller. Initiation of a return call is accomplished by a command to the dialer which can also be provided with a return-call-completion announcement component providing a pre-recorded outgoing message automatically activated upon connection with the telephone of the caller and a ring signal to the user telephone to announce call completion.
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