Telephone with user recorded ringing signal

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1995-05-25

1997-11-11

Zele, Krista M.

Telephonic communications

Supervisory or control line signaling

Signal reception at substation

379373, 379 76, 379142, 379388, 379410, H04M 302, H04M 156

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ABSTRACT:
A telephone ringing system in which one or more user-selected sound segments are received using the microphone portion of a telecommunications instrument, stored in digital or analog form, and audibly reproduced using the loudspeaker portion of the telecommunications instrument when a ring signal is detected to provide a distinctive, personalized indication of an incoming call.

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