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US 2002/0057766 A1Published application
Telephone answering apparatus and method for confirming an acoustic command signal
Assignee3Com Corporation
InventorMILOS BRABLEC
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Abstract
A telephone answering apparatus for confirming an acoustic command signal includes a controller operatively connected to an acoustic signal detector and to an acoustic signal generator. The controller initiates the transmission of an acoustic response signal to a remote user in response to the detection of an acoustic command signal.
Claims9
A telephone answering apparatus for confirming an acoustic command signal comprising:
- a controller operatively connected to an acoustic signal detector and to an acoustic signal generator wherein the controller initiates the transmission of an acoustic response signal to a remote user in response to the detection of an acoustic command signal.
A method for sending an acoustic response signal upon detection of an acoustic command signal comprising:
- providing a controller, an acoustic signal detector, and an acoustic signal generator;
- establishing a telephone connection between a remote user and a telephone answering apparatus;
- sending an acoustic command signal from the remote user to the telephone answering apparatus;
- detecting the acoustic command signal;
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- sending an acoustic response signal to the remote user in response to the acoustic command signal before an assigned action by the telephone answering apparatus is executed.
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