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US 5,572,576 AGranted
Telephone answering device linking displayed data with recorded audio message
AssigneeKlausner Patent Technologies
InventorsJudah Klausner, Robert Hotto
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AssigneeKlausner Patent Technologies
InventorsJudah Klausner, Robert Hotto
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A telephone answering device (TAD) which includes a means of intelligently organizing voice messages, associated entered codes such as personal IDs and home telephone numbers, and information stored in the memory of the TAD. These codes or numbers are decoded by means of the caller entering DTMF signals into the telephone which are recognized, recorded and processed by the TAD. When processed with codes and personal information previously entered into the device's memory, the TAD displays the identity of the callers for each message, thus providing a menu of choices, i.e., a list of callers. This enables the user to access messages in a selective manner based on the identity of the caller. The need to listen to the actual voice messages to determine the caller's identity and the need to listen to the messages sequentially or chronologically is obviated, saving both time and effort. Additionally, because the voice message is also linked to pre-stored additional data in the data base, when hearing a message, one also can view relevant associated information, such as a fax number, etc., that might not have been left in the audio message but might be important. A remote access device is also provided that allows the user to retrieve and display the callers' identities and select a message to be played back from a remote location.
A telephone message system coupled to a telephone line for automatically answering incoming telephone calls and storing and retrieving information from the incoming telephone calls, comprising:
A method of automatically answering incoming telephone calls and storing and retrieving information from the incoming telephone calls with a telephone answering device having a memory and being coupled to a telephone, comprising the steps of:
A telephone message system coupled to a telephone line for automatically storing and later retrieving information from incoming telephone calls, comprising:
A remote access device communicating with a telephone answering device for the selective retrieval of stored voice messages on said telephone answering device each of said messages being vocalized by a caller, comprising:
A remote access device communicating with a telephone answering device for assisting in the selective retrieval of stored voice messages from each respective caller on said telephone answering device, each of said caller messages being recorded by said answering device, comprising:
A remote access device for retrieving at least one recorded voice message left by at least one of a plurality of callers on a base telephone answering machine, comprising:
A mobile telephone for retrieving at least one recorded voice message left by at least one of a plurality of callers on a base telephone answering device, comprising:
A mobile telephone for use with a telephone answering device which receives and stores voice messages, each voice message corresponding to a particular one of a plurality of callers, said mobile telephone comprising:
A telephone answering device coupled to a telephone line for automatically answering incoming telephone calls and storing and retrieving information from the incoming telephone calls comprising:
A method of automatically answering incoming telephone calls and storing and retrieving information from the incoming telephone calls with a telephone answering device, said telephone answering device having a memory and being coupled to a telephone, said method comprising the steps of:
A telephone message system coupled to a telephone line for automatically storing and later retrieving information from incoming telephone calls, comprising:
A telephone message system for use with a telephone line for automatically storing and later retrieving information from incoming telephone calls, comprising:
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