Method for automatically transmitting greeting message from receiving telephone in an automatic answering system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSeung-Ku Lee
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Abstract
A method for automatically transmitting a greeting message in a telephone answering system contemplates the steps of: recording a greeting message in response to input of a recording key; detecting a hook-off state in response to an incoming call; determining whether a greeting message transmitting function is set by checking a logic state exhibited by a function flag, in response to detection of the hook-off state; and automatically transmitting the greeting message to a caller when the greeting message transmitting function is set.
Claims23
A method for automatically transmitting a greeting message to a caller in response to a called party answering a telephone, said method comprising the steps of:
- recording a greeting message in response to input of a recording key;
- detecting a hook-off state initiated by the called party in response to an incoming call from the caller;
- detecting a ring state;
- determining, in response to detection of said hook-off state initiated by the called party and in response to said ring state, whether a greeting message transmitting function is set by checking a logic state exhibited by a function flag;
- and
- automatically transmitting said greeting message to the caller when said greeting message transmitting function is set.
A method for automatically transmitting a greeting message to a caller in response to a called party answering a telephone, said method comprising the steps of:
- recording a greeting message in response to input of a recording key by a user;
- detecting a hook-off state initiated by the called party in response to an incoming call from the caller;
- detecting a ring state;
- determining, in response to detection of said hook-off state initiated be the called party and in response to said ring state, whether a greeting message transmitting function is set by checking a logic state exhibited by a function flag;
- automatically transmitting said greeting message to the caller when said greeting message transmitting function is set, and then establishing a speech state to enable a conversation between the caller and the user;
- and
- establishing said speech state without transmitting said greeting message to the caller when said greeting message transmitting function is not set.
A telephone answering system for automatically transmitting a greeting message to a caller in response to a called party answering a telephone, comprising:
- a key input unit having a plurality of input keys;
- voice recording means for recording a greeting message in response to input of a recording key on said key input unit by a user;
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- control means for controlling operation of said system;
- wherein said control means detects a hook-off state initiated by the called party in response to an incoming call from the caller, detects a ring state, responds to detection of said hook-off state initiated by the caller and to said ring state by determining whether a greeting message transmitting function is set by checking a logic state exhibited by a function flag in response to detection of said hook-off state, enables automatic transmission of said greeting message from said voice recording means to the caller when said greeting message transmitting function is set, establishes a speech state to enable a conversation between the caller and the user, and establishes said speech state without transmitting said greeting message to the caller when said greeting message transmitting function is not set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.