Wake-up and reminder system for a telephone

Details Wake-up and reminder system for a telephone Wake-up and reminder system for a telephone

1991-05-13

1994-05-31

Dwyer, James L.

Telephonic communications

Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis

379 68, 379 41, 379 51, 379 69, 379110, H04M 164, H04M 900

Patent

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053176260

ABSTRACT:
A wake-up and reminder system for a telephone takes advantage of the attention-drawing characteristics of the telephone ringer to awaken and/or remind a person of various tasks or appointments. The wake-up and reminder system for a telephone is provided with modular jacks for connecting between the telephone and the wall jack. A timer is provided for establishing an alarm time, and a relay responsive to the timer is provided for disconnecting the telephone temporarily from the telephone line. The system includes a ringing device for ringing the telephone at a predetermined rate and an off-hook detection circuit for detecting when the telephone has been taken off the hook. In addition, a second relay is provided responsive to the off-hook detection circuit for disconnecting the telephone from the ringing device and connecting the telephone to a recorder which plays a pre-recorded message. Lastly, a reset device is included which is responsive to the off-hook detection circuit for resetting the system when the telephone has been hung up.

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patent: 3510591 (1970-05-01), Klein
patent: 3943288 (1976-03-01), Reed et al.
patent: 4480154 (1984-10-01), Klee
patent: 4503288 (1985-03-01), Kessler

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