Telephonic communications – Audio message storage – retrieval – or synthesis – Multilingual system or operation
Patent
1991-07-23
1994-02-22
Brown, Thomas W.
Telephonic communications
Audio message storage, retrieval, or synthesis
Multilingual system or operation
379 77, 379142, 379201, H04M 157, H04M 164
Patent
active
052895300
ABSTRACT:
A telephone system is disclosed for remotely obtaining from a selected local telephone station audible synthesized speech representative of directory telephone numbers and/or names of previous callers stored digitally or alphanumerically in a data memory of a Caller ID interface unit at the local telephone station. The stored directory telephone numbers and/or names were previously sent to the local telephone station from terminating central office Stored Program Controlled Switching (SPCS) equipment responsively to the telephone line of the local telephone station having Caller ID service and/or other Custom Local Area Signalling System (CLASS) services which discloses a calling party directory telephone number and/or name to a called party. An apparatus, such as a telephone station set or a separate stand-alone unit connected to the telephone station set, and method are also disclosed for recalling the stored directory telephone numbers and/or names from the data memory of the Caller ID interface unit and converting the directory telephone numbers and/or names into a form which can be processed by a speech generator, for receiving the directory telephone numbers and/or names to the speech generator which converts logic signals of the directory telephone numbers and/or names into sounds to audible synthesized speech, and for communicating the audible speech to a calling customer at a remote telephone station, in response to a predetermined command code keyed-in on the remote telephone station keypad by the calling customer.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4314103 (1982-02-01), Wilson
patent: 4549045 (1985-10-01), Castro et al.
patent: 4782510 (1988-11-01), Szlam
patent: 4930152 (1990-05-01), Miller
patent: 4941166 (1990-07-01), Waldman et al.
patent: 4996704 (1991-02-01), Brunson
patent: 5029200 (1991-07-01), Haas et al.
patent: 5101426 (1992-03-01), Afshar et al.
LandOfFree
Method and apparatus for vocally communicating to a caller at a does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Method and apparatus for vocally communicating to a caller at a , we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and apparatus for vocally communicating to a caller at a will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-177845