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US 7,599,719 B2Granted
Telephone and telephone accessory signal generator and methods and devices using the same
AssigneeJohn D. Patton
InventorJohn David Patton
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Abstract
A device includes a telephone accessory configured and arranged to transmit an audio signal; and an audio effects generator coupled to the telephone accessory or a video effects generator. The audio effects generator can produce at least one user-initiated audio effect that is transmitted as part of the audio signal. The video effects generator can produce at least one user-initiated visual effect altering an image transmitted by the telephone accessory.
Claims19
A device, comprising:
- a telephone accessory configured and arranged to transmit an audio signal;
- and
- an audio effects generator coupled to the telephone accessory and configured and arranged to produce at least one user-initiated audio effect that is transmitted as part of the audio signal, wherein the at least one user-initiated audio effect comprises an audio effect that simulates notification of an incoming call on a separate line.
A method of using a telephone accessory, the method comprising:
- transmitting an audio signal using the telephone accessory;
- and
- activating an audio effects generator coupled to the telephone accessory to produce at least one user-initiated audio effect that is transmitted as part of the audio signal, wherein the at least one user-initiated audio effect comprises an audio effect that simulates notification of an incoming call on a separate line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.