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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189745 | Method and system for recording telephone conversations placed on hold A system and method for recording telephone conversations which have been placed on hold is provided. After a telephone conversation has been placed on hold, assuming that the conversation was being recorded, the call is designated to be in the background. Once a pr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7848493 | System and method for capturing media A method and system are disclosed for capturing media during a recording session using a separate input device for each of plural audio sources. An exemplary method includes producing audio data with the separate input device, processing the audio data to identify a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7233659 | Message playback concurrent with speakerphone operation A digital telephone answering device having speakerphone capability allows a recorded message to be played back and heard by the far-end party as well as over the local speakerphone by the near-end party during speakerphone operation as if it were a normal receive s... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228139 | Location processing system A device for determining the location of a communication device includes a network interface, a signal enhancement module, a tone decoder, and a translator. The network interface is capable of receiving a location message comprising a plurality of signal tones. The ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222105 | Internet advertisement metering system and method A method and a system for metering an advertisement having a message to be presented to a plurality of users of a communications network, wherein the metering is used to count the number of times the message is actually presented to one or more users. The method com... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218710 | Separately secured voice messages Apparatus and processes to allow voice messages to be individually and/or separately secured by a caller for playback only by an intended person or persons. The voice messages are separately secured with security information contained in a header associated with eac... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7050818 | Location based service request system A wireless phone based system to accommodate users of wireless phones for providing information as to the location of certain services such as gasoline stations, movie theatres, drug stores, etc., includes the utilization of a GPS receiver and a wireless phone, with... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6993321 | Wireless telephone system with mobile instruments for outgoing calls A telecommunication system incorporates individual station instruments simplified by wireless operation, voice dialing, prepaid accounting and out-call operation, all enabled by cooperative system operation including supporting central equipment. Wireless operation ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6917802 | Mobile keyless telephone instruments and wireless telecommunications system having voice dialing and voice programming capabilities A telecommunication system incorporates individual station instruments simplified by wireless operation, voice dialing, prepaid and custom-programmed operating characteristics, all enabled by cooperative operation with supporting central equipment. Wireless operatio... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6002779 | Automated voice message system and method A recipient-specific voice message playback system detects the presence of a message recipient, identifies the recipient, and plays a message addressed to the recipient. The system includes a recorder. The recorder has multiple channels for recording voic... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5793844 | Telephone having an answering machine A telephone having an answering function includes a receiving section for receiving a voice signal, a command signal, and a receiving signal from a telephone line, and providing the voice signal, the command signal, and the receiving signal as respective ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5768349 | Voice mail telephone answering device A digital telephone answering device (DTAD) that allows messages to be forwarded to certain internal mailboxes. Random access memory (RAM) is flexibly and dynamically controlled by a microprocessor or controller. Audio signals in the form of voice message... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5729600 | Automatic call distributor with automated voice responsive call servicing system and method An automatic call distributor (10) with a switch (12) which interconnects customer telephonic units (14A) of an external telephonic network (14B) with an internal network of agent units (16) having an automated call servicing system including a voice resp... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5559872 | Telephone time recording system A telephone time recording system is provided in which the opening part only of the voice communication that takes place during a telephone conversation is recorded, along with, amongst others, information relating to the total time of the call. The latte... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5528669 | Single cassette answering machine with dual phone line and mailbox features An answering machine has a single tape for recording phone messages wherein messages are recorded on at least two tracks. The answering machine optionally includes a voice synthesis system for generating announcement messages and a microphone for recordin... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524138 | Automatic telephone message management apparatus In an automatic telephone message management apparatus connectable with two telephone lines, while a message is recorded on an analog recording cassette tape in response to a telephone call received via one of the two telephone lines in the automatic tele... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5475739 | Radio telephone apparatus having automatic answering function for confidential messages In an automatic answering telephone apparatus, a correspondence table between a plurality of record areas of a speech memory and a plurality of identification numbers is provided. When an identification number is received from a calling party, an answer m... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5400393 | Voice mail digital telephone answering device A digital telephone answering device (DTAD) that allows messages to be forwarded to certain internal mailboxes. Random access memory (RAM) is flexibly and dynamically controlled by a microprocessor or controller. Audio signals in the form of voice message... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5339354 | Shared line telephone answering device For a single telephone line having plural telephone answering devices (TADs) connected to it, a system of TADs is disclosed where only one TAD answers the telephone but all other TADs connected to the telephone line are accessible and activated by means o... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5301228 | Communication device with a detachable recording medium A transmission device using a telephone is provided. In a facsimile apparatus incorporating a telephone answering machine, a message or facsimile data is recorded on a magnetic tape, followed by index information concerning the recorded message or facsimi... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5142564 | Modular telephone answering machine A telephone answering machine for receiving and recording calls received over telephone lines includes one of a plurality of interchangeable base units having different functions and features, one of a plurality of interchangeable user-interface units als... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5121422 | Voice message storage device including at least two analog recording mediums A voice message storage device receives, stores and plays back voice messages transmitted on a telephone line. The device includes a first analog recording tape unit associated with a first identification signal and a first password, and a second analog r... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5081672 | Automatic telephone answering apparatus An automatic telephone answering machine which is capable of selecting a new outgoing message or an old outgoing message. If a new OGM is unsatisfactory, the operator may retain an old OGM and discard the new OGM. Both a semiconductor memory and a magneti... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5075894 | Telephone message forwarding apparatus The invention discloses a telephone set and a method for its operation for storing a message and a telephone number of each telephone set to which a message is transferred, and reading out the telephone number to perform dialing for the destination teleph... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4891835 | Method and device for recording and replaying audio communications A device according to the invention is compatible with conventional magnetic tape loggers. Such a device is termed a message repeater, and it records and replays audio signals forming messages on a message channel, such as a telephone line or a radio chan... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4813069 | Computer system having automatic answering telephone function A computer system is disclosed which has an automatic answering telephone function. The system comprises a main control unit, a telephone control unit, a voice information storage medium, a program unit for automatic telephone answering and processing, a ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4747126 | Voice mail system on magnetic tape The present invention is a magnetic tape-based "voice mail" multi-user message system. The system transmits audio prompts to callers to help guide them through the various procedures. The callers respond with Touch-Tone commands. A novel circuit is provid... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4663678 | System for writing and reading digital data interspersed with analog audio frequency data on magnetic recording tape A recording system is provided in which digital time code information is recorded interspersed on the same data track as analog audio message signals. The time codes have a unique format which enables their bit rate to be extracted while reading the code,... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4654485 | Single frequency remote control of telephone answering device accomplishes several functions dependent on the present state of the device This invention relates to an automatic telephone answering apparatus which has a record/play head, a play means, a record means, a fast forward means, a rewind means, a detecting means for detecting a remote control signal supplied through telephone lines... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4608459 | Telephone answering device A microprocessor controlled telephone answering device displays a message number and the date and time received for each recorded message as the message is played back. Other features include a cue function for selecting messages as they are played back. ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4594476 | Broadcast interactive telephone system A verbally interactive broadcast type of telephone interrogation system (100) capable of simultaneously handling multiple callers over a two-way telephone subscriber network (102, 104, 106) to provide individualized interactive responses. A plurality of t... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4591664 | Multichannel interactive telephone answering apparatus A multichannel interactive telephone answering apparatus (300) adapted for use with a captured telephone line (26) is responsive to the detection (318, 324, 326, 310, 328, 330) of designated arming signals transmitted by the calling party, such as from th... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4556761 | Automatic telephone answering apparatus The invention provides an automatic telephone answering apparatus wherein a relay means is operated upon reception of an incoming call so as to form a loop circuit, and a message from among a plurality of types of messages stored in a speech synthesizer i... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4517410 | Automatic user selected variable telephone message record and playback system An information system for storing and automatically retrieving selected information and transmitting it to a user over a telephone line is described. The system includes a recorder unit on which a series of information messages can be recorded on a record... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4515995 | Telephone answering machine with apparatus for selecting particular outgoing message in response to incoming call on a particular line Apparatus for interfacing a plurality of telephone trunks with a record playback apparatus carrying a plurality of recording media which may be selectively engaged with a transport. The particular recording medium engaged with the transport is determined ... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4469919 | Telephone answering device A microprocessor controlled telephone answering device displays a message number and the date and time received for each recorded message as the message is played back. Other features include a cue function for selecting messages as they are played back. ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4436959 | Automatic telephone answering device An automatic telephone answering device employs a single magnetic tape and a single driving mechanism for driving the magnetic tape. Whenever an incoming call is received, a control circuit of the device sets the driving mechanism into a playback mode to ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4420656 | Interactive telephone answering system An interactive telephone answering system (20) connectable to a captured telephone line (26) is responsive to the detection (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42) of tones transmitted by the calling party from the keypad of a Touch-Tone phone for enabling caller select... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4396803 | Coplanar type driving mechanism for telephone answering and recording device In the case of driving the endless type outgoing message tape T-1 and the reel-to-reel type incoming message tape T-2 individually by engaging two pinch-rollers 5, 6 independently to a common capstan 4 by engaging mechanism 10, which drives the take-up re... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4340784 | Portable telephone answering device A portable telephone answering device which fits over the cradle of a telephone handset and receives the handset with a speaker adjacent the handset microphone and a microphone adjacent the handset speaker. An outgoing message can be recorded on one track... | 07/20/1982 |
