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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311255 | Magnetic detection device A magnetic detection device has a roller unit to which conveying rollers are attached, a fixing unit that installs the roller unit movably in the direction to contact to or leave away from a magnetic head, and eccentric shafts that are provided rotatably between the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 6757360 | Method and apparatus for filtering incoming telephone calls A technique for using a computer system to filter incoming telephone is provided. The computer system decodes caller ID information in an incoming telephone call and compares the decoded caller ID information against a stored list of caller ID information. If the ca... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6636877 | Method for analyzing the quality of telecommunications switch command tables The system automatically generates electronic commands necessary to modify or provision different types of program control switches as may be included in a public switch telephone network. A data schema and organization of tables and data structures provi... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6483901 | Non-volatile memory platform for digital answering systems A memory management method for a digital answering system having a non-volatile memory, e.g., flash memory, for storing files of audio messages. In accordance with the method, a first portion of the memory is dedicated for the storage of file information,... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6275569 | Circular memory addressing option for audio messages In a digital voice messaging system, a circular message storage selection is added to allow the digital voice messaging system to automatically overwrite previously-stored, e.g., the oldest messages in voice memory as necessary for storage of the newest v... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6252956 | Switching system data inheritance method and system In a switching system data inheritance method of controlling hardware on the basis of a first database storing various management data such as subscriber information to inherit switching system data for various types of call connection processing, change ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6208713 | Method and apparatus for locating a desired record in a plurality of records in an input recognizing telephone directory A method and apparatus for locating a desired record amongst a plurality of records in a telephone directory involves associating a frequency field with each of the records, the frequency field being operable to store a frequency metric. A characteristic ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5963617 | Method for transferring registered speech message from automatic telephone answering system at a reserved time A method for transferring a speech message registered by a user from an automatic telephone answering system at a reserved time wherein the reserved time and speech message are registered along with a telephone number so that the registered speech message... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5912940 | Combination wavelength and energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer A combination wavelength and energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer comprising a point source of isotropic x-rays, a collimator to collect a large flux of x-rays and to redirect them into a substantially parallel beam, dispersing element means having a plur... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5852652 | Voice mail exchange with a message recorder divided into sectors for groups of voice mail telephone sets In a voice mail exchange for voice mail telephone sets grouped into first through N-th groups, where N represents a first predetermined number, a message recorder comprises memory sectors in one-to-one correspondence to the first through N-th groups for s... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5835789 | Communication equipment in which data to be transmitted includes a plurality of data groups with information on data format and a converter for converting the data groups Communication equipment comprises a communication section 3 performing communication with other equipment via a public line, a local area network, or an infrared communication network, a resource information storing section 5 storing what format data equi... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5519765 | Telephone answering machine A telephone answering machine which includes a recording position memory for storing address data corresponding to a recorded leading position of each message on a recording medium and a number designation device such as a dial pad. When a number input is... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5483542 | Byte error rate test arrangement An arrangement is disclosed for determining a byte error rate (ByER) of a received digital signal. In particular, a local byte clock signal is generated and a complement of the received signal (or clock signal) is compared to the clock signal (or received... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5091807 | Recorder system with demand actuation A video cassette rotary scanner is adapted for high capacity, high speed, digital audio spectrum data recording by the use of a buffer memory and a servo control system. The buffer memory is operative at a speed much higher than that of the tape. The tape... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4922358 | Double-cassette tape player In a double-cassette tape player for driving cassette tapes in a pair of cassettes in an alternative fashion, there is provided a mechanism for moving a single head base to respective positions of the cassettes by a single drive source, a mode detector fo... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4616109 | Double cassette deck A double cassette deck to be used for a telephone answering machine comprises a main chassis having at least first and second side portions, a driving shaft rotationally retained in the main chassis and having driving portions at both ends extending throu... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4584435 | Miniature telephone answering device with single head carriage In this telephone answering device utilizing microcassettes, a single head carriage carries the pinch rollers and heads for both the outgoing announcement and incoming message tape cassettes. The carriage is linearly movable between an engaged position an... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4571459 | Telephone answering machine A telephone answering machine produces a prerecorded reply message in response to detection of a calling signal from a caller and thereafter records a message of a caller in response to completion of the reproduction of the reply message. The telephone an... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4426554 | Tape drive transfer system for cassette telephone answering device with remote controlled playout In a magnetic tape cassette telephone answering device having a remote controlled playout capability, a tape drive transfer system is disclosed which utilizes motive power from the tape cassette drive motor to transfer the system into an automatic rewind ... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4396804 | Telephone answering device with automatic rewind An automatic telephone answering device with simultaneous drive for the outgoing message tape (T-1) and the incoming message tape T-2 has a disadvantage in that the calling party's voice cannot be recorded within a section of T-2 (T2-1, T2-3) which is dri... | 08/02/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4389545 | Remote rewind mechanism and control circuitry for a tape cassette telephone answering device In this magnetic tape cassette telephone answering device, remote controlled playout of previously recorded messages is facilitated by using a movable carriage to support the record/playback head and the pinch roller for the incoming message cassette. Thi... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4385205 | Single motor drive assembly for a tape cassette telephone answering device In this drive assembly for a tape cassette telephone answering device, a single motor alternately drives only the outgoing announcement tape loop cassette or only the incoming message tape cassette, depending solely on the direction of rotation of the mot... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4126763 | Control circuit for a remote controlled telephone answering device In this telephone answering device, the incoming message record tape is driven by a motor that is oriented by a cam mechanism from a forward drive position to a rewind position. The mechanism is driven by a cam drive motor under control of a circuit which... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4118602 | Telephone answering device having simplified mechanical controls In this telephone answering device, each of the mechanical control arms is pivotally mounted in simplified fashion to a molded plastic chassis. Overcenter springs provide bistable mechanical positioning of each control arm. The answer-playback control arm... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4005491 | Dampened transducer support apparatus for message announcing system An announcing system including a message drum with a plurality of listening-recording heads radially spaced around the message drum, each of the listening-recording heads being adapted to traverse a portion of the surface of the message drum, and each of ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3968329 | Telephone answering apparatus Telephone answering apparatus is provided which is simple in its construction as compared with the usual prior art apparatus, but which is capable of performing all of the operations performed by the more complex prior art apparatus, and also of performin... | 07/06/1976 |
