Method and system for delivering an audio announcement in a telecommunications system
AssigneeSiemens Information and Communication Products, LLC.
InventorsWai Ming Hercule Kwan, Margarita R. Ash, Holger Steinbach, James S. Umstetter
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Abstract
An incoming call (100) is received from a public switched telephone network (PSTN) (21) at a base unit (12). A caller id interface (26) extracts caller id information (27) from the incoming call. An answering machine handler (33) compares the caller id information with other caller id information stored in a directory (37). If a match is found between the caller id information and the other caller id information, then a voice announcement is communicated to one or more mobile units (14). The voice announcement is played instead of the second ring at the mobile units which have an enabled speaker (65).
Claims43
A system for delivering an audio announcement in a telecommunication system, the system comprising:
- a. a base station coupled to a plain old telephone service (POTS) line and having a transceiver for communicating over an air interface;
- b. a mobile unit operable to communicate with the base station over the air interface and having a speaker;
- c. a recorded message subsystem at the base station for recording a voice message and associating the voice message with first caller id information;
- d. circuitry at the base station for receiving second caller id information from the POTS;
- e. logic at the base station for selecting the voice message in response to the second caller id information and transmitting the voice message to the mobile unit;
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- f. logic at the mobile unit for receiving the voice message and transmitting the voice message to the speaker.
A method for delivering an audio announcement in a telecommunication system, the method comprising:
- a. providing a recorded voice message associated with first caller id information;
- b. receiving second caller id information from a service provider;
- c. selecting the voice message in response to the second caller id information;
- d. transmitting the voice message from a base unit, connected to the service provider, to a mobile unit over an air interface;
- e. receiving the voice message at the mobile unit;
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- f. playing the voice message over a speaker at the mobile unit.
A method for delivering an audio announcement in a telecommunication system, the method comprising:
- a. connecting a base station to a telecommunications service provider;
- b. recording a voice message at the base station;
- c. associating the voice message with a telephone number;
- d. receiving, at the base station, caller id information from a service provider;
- e. selecting the recorded voice message in response to the caller id information;
- f. selecting one of a plurality of mobile stations;
- g. transmitting the voice message to the selected mobile station over an air interface;
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- h. playing the voice message over a speaker at the mobile station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.