Intelligent call processing platform for home telephone system
AssigneeVoice Control Systems, Inc.
InventorsPeter J. Foster, Bernard F. Bareis
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Abstract
The present invention comprises an intelligent call processing platform for use with a home telephone system. The system consists of a processing unit interfaced with a variety of memory storage areas, a switching central office providing local telephone service and a plurality of telephone handsets. Using a variety of voice and/or pushbutton commands, a user is able to access a variety of telephone services from any telephone interfaced with the platform. Services provided include identification of incoming callers, automatic speed dialing of user-stored telephone numbers, storage of new numbers to the user-stored list of telephone numbers, and control of peripheral systems interconnected with the intelligent call processing platform.
Claims26
A control platform for use between a remote switching system and an on-site telephone system including at least one telephone, the platform comprising:
- means for interfacing the platform directly to the on-site telephone system;
- a trigger recognizer for recognizing voice or DTMF command triggers input through the at least one telephone;
- announcing means for providing predetermined messages;
- processor means, operative under the control of a program stored therein and responsive to receipt of an incoming call from the remote switching system, for identifying a source identifier of the incoming call;
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- the processor means, further operative under the control of the program and responsive to receipt by the trigger recognizer of a first voice or DTMF command trigger during the ringing stage of the incoming call, for controlling the announcing means to announce to a user an identification associated with the source identifier of the incoming call.
A centralized control platform for providing a variety of telephone services to a local telephone system having at least one telephone, comprising:
- a local interface for connecting the platform to the at least one telephone of the local telephone system;
- a communications circuit for interfacing the platform to external communications means;
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- processing means interconnected with the local interface and communications circuit responsive to receipt of an incoming call from the external communications means for providing a user with command triggered access to a plurality of telephone services, the processor further comprising:
- trigger recognition means for recognizing voice or DTMF command triggers input by the user through the at least one telephone during the ringing stage of the incoming call;
- and
- announcing means for providing predetermined messages to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.