Back to results
US 4,359,607 AGranted
Telephone answering apparatus with solid state and dynamic tape storage
AssigneeDeutsche Fernsprecher Gesellschaft mbH Marburg
InventorsHubert Hannig, Karl H. Krapp, Heinz Molleken
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A telephone has a built-in answering device comprising an outgoing message store and a control system programmable by pushbuttons for controlling the operational condition and sequence of the answering device. The advantages are compactness and ease of operation.
Claims19
Telephone apparatus comprising:
- a housing provided with a dialing device and a station circuit;
- a handset provided with a microphone and a receiver associated with the station circuit;
- and
- an answering device integrally arranged in the housing;
- the answering device comprising:
- a solid state store for storing a message, the solid state store having an input connected to an analog-to-digital converter for converting analog speech signals to digital speech signals and an output connected to a digital-to-analog converter for reconverting the digital speech signals to analog speech signals;
- control circuit means for selection and control of the operational state and the operational sequence of the answering device;
- pushbutton means on the housing for programming the control circuit means;
- reception channel means for connecting the solid state store to the handset microphone for receiving the message;
- and
- reproduction channel means for connecting the solid state store to the handset receiver for reproducing the message.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.