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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5644627 | Method and apparatus for processing a voice message intended for a selective call transceiver A method and apparatus processes a voice message for a selective call transceiver (SCT) (110) in a selective call communication system. A fixed portion (100) of the system accepts and stores (602) the message, transmits (604) a message notification indica... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5594784 | Apparatus and method for transparent telephony utilizing speech-based signaling for initiating and handling calls A transparent telephony system is disclosed for providing hands-free communication. The transparent telephony system includes a device for initiating a call between a caller's location and a call destination based on a voice utterance (e.g., the call reci... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5586172 | Telephone exchange system A telephone exchange system accommodates a plurality of central office lines and a plurality of telephones and records a telephonic communication in a recording area shared by the plurality of telephones. When predetermined conditions are satisfied, the r... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5581607 | Customized, billing-controlled call bridging system Method and apparatus for providing customized, billing-controlled call bridging services through a bridging node which includes a node interface for connection through incoming and outgoing telephone trunks to a carrier switch of a public switched network... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5581606 | Dat storage back-up and modem apparatus A streamer apparatus for transferring data between a first storage device of a computer system, which has serial interface transmit and receive ports for transmitting and receiving data and a digital audio storage device, which has audio input and output ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5581612 | Private branch exchange system In a private branch exchange system which includes a private branch exchange accommodating a plurality of line wires and extensions for switching lines between the two, and telephones, which are usable in the event of a power failure, connected to the ext... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5581602 | Non-offensive termination of a call detection of an answering machine A method and an apparatus are disclosed which provide for non-offensive termination of an outbound call which has been answered when an agent is not available to handle said outbound call. An outbound call is placed (10) and a determination is made (11) a... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5572578 | Exchange of information between interconnected voice mail systems A voicemail message processing system. A voicemail message is sent to a remote recipient on a remote voicemail system. In response, the remote voicemail system sends an acknowledgment message containing information on the remote voicemail user. This infor... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5572576 | Telephone answering device linking displayed data with recorded audio message A telephone answering device (TAD) which includes a means of intelligently organizing voice messages, associated entered codes such as personal IDs and home telephone numbers, and information stored in the memory of the TAD. These codes or numbers are dec... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5555289 | Telephone answering device with operating status confirmation means The present invention is directed to provide a means for indicating an incoming message recording mode of a telephone answering device, such as a fixed or variable mode, by means of a distinguishable audible signal, which is outputted to speaker 9 or tele... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555288 | Voice processing system with a configurable telephone line interface An electronic voice response system includes an interface unit which couples the voice response system to a plurality of trunk groups, each including a plurality of telephone lines, which are each characterized by a set of operating parameters. The system... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553131 | Providing the most cost-effective long-distance telephone service based on milage band rates The present invention is directed to a billing system which provides the most cost-effective long-distance telephone service for long-distance telephone calls made by an account by analyzing long-distance telephone calls in the aggregate, comparing the co... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5544229 | System for providing personalized telephone calling features A common adjunct switch in association with a communications network provides a number of functionalities, one of which allows associated subscribers to customize the way in which they receive telephone calls and access enhanced services, such as a facsim... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5544228 | Method and apparatus for transmission of full frequency digital audio The present invention is a method for transmitting full frequency digital audio signals over a network in real time and for providing access to a remote sound server. The present invention is preferably practiced using ISDN and is useful for remote castin... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5544232 | Call distributor with automatic preannouncement system and method An automatic call distributor (20) connected with a plurality of agent telephonic sets (12) for audio communication with customers at customer telephonic sets (16) of an external telephonic switching system (18), visual displays (32) on the agent telephon... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5544231 | Conversation recording/playback method in a key phone system A method of recording and playing back a telephone conversation in a key phone system. To initiate recording during a telephone conversation, a subscriber enters a start recording code by depressing predetermined buttons/keys on his telephone. The convers... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5539808 | Method and system for enhanced processing of audio messages with a data processing system The method and system of the present invention are provided for enhancing the processing of audio messages. A user first creates a plurality of selectable audio messages including standard format salutations, originator identification material or other su... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537465 | Integrated telephone and intercom system An integrated telephone system is provided, having a connection to a Central Office (CO) line and a connection to at least one secondary line. The CO line and/or the secondary line may be selectively accessed for two-way communication independently of eac... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535263 | Method for recording subscriber specific messages in an advanced intelligent network A method for recording subscriber specific messages in a telephone call for use in telephone services, particularly, for use in cooperation with an AIN Service Switching Point (SSP), an AIN Service Control Point (SCP) and an Intelligent Peripheral (IP). A... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5535262 | Electronic private exchange system having talking recording function An electronic private branch exchange system with a message recording function comprises a private branch exchange with at least one office line and a plurality of extensions for selectively switching between the office line and the extensions and between... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5530950 | Audio data processing Audio data processing apparatus connectable to a telephone network, the apparatus comprising a device (50) to receive from the network and record an audio signal comprising a sequence of audio segments separated by audio delimiters, characterised by a dev... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5530740 | System and method for integrating voice, facsimile and electronic mail data through a personal computer In summary, the present invention is a communication system comprising a voice message system for storing and retrieving voice messages and facsimile data, a computer database accessing system for storing and retrieving text messages from a separate compu... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5530739 | Mail center management system A mail center management system includes a first network accommodating a plurality of subscriber terminals via lines, and a plurality of mail devices connected to the first network. Each of the mail devices, which has a device number and subscriber inform... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5528670 | Voice message-based administration system Voice message based administration is a method that allows the directed and controlled collection and presentation of numeric and symbolic information between a group leader and a population of group members, thus allowing many previously impossible admin... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526423 | Communication apparatus and method with service execution according to dial number In a telephone apparatus which accommodates a plurality of lines and a plurality of terminals, system services in accordance with preset working data are realized based upon prescribed operations such as the dialing of an outgoing call from a terminal. Th... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5526407 | Method and apparatus for managing information A method and apparatus for recording, categorizing, organizing, managing and retrieving speech information obtains a speech stream; stores the speech stream in at least a temporary storage; provides a visual representation of portions of the speech stream... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524140 | Telephone answering device linking displayed data with recorded audio message A telephone answering device (TAD) which includes a means of intelligently organizing voice messages, associated entered codes such as personal IDs and home telephone numbers, and information stored in the memory of the TAD. These codes or numbers are dec... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5524137 | Multi-media messaging system A multi-media messaging system enables a user to select the communication format for communications between the system and the user. This enables the user to direct the system to convert the communication format of a stored message for the user from a fir... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5517557 | Facsimile apparatus with automatic telephone answering function A facsimile apparatus with automatic telephone answering function, comprises: a ring signal detection circuit; a detection circuit for detecting telephone number data sent with the ring signal through the telephone line; an interface circuit for connectin... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515421 | Automatic batch broadcast system A method and apparatus is shown for holding callers in a queue for the broadcast of a message. Callers are assembled by a common attribute such as a caller I.D. The callers are assembled in a queue according to this attribute and according to a suitable p... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5511111 | Caller name and identification communication system with caller screening option The present invention provides a caller name delivery service telecommunication system having caller screening and other options. The system includes intercepting a call from a calling subscriber to a desired called subscriber, as a first option, promptin... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5511112 | Automated voice system for improving agent efficiency and improving service to parties on hold A method and an apparatus for improving agent efficiency by reducing non-productive time such as time on hold and time for wrap-up statements. After an agent has been connected to a call the agent may determine that automated handling of the call is appro... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5506890 | Method and apparatus for group-specific calling A method and system for industry and group-specific calling within a telecommunication system. The method of the present invention includes the steps of receiving, in a carrier network, a call initiated by dialing a group number from a caller terminal; ac... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506901 | Call eavesdropping arrangement A switching system (10) is modified to provide, in addition to conventional connections (110+111) between ports (100, 103), eavesdropping connections that couple only one-half of a conventional bidirectional connection between a pair of ports to a third p... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5504805 | Calling number identification using speech recognition In a system such as an AUDIX.RTM. voice mail system or answering machine, a caller's telephone number is extracted from a recorded message using voice recognition. The called party initiates automatic dialing of the calling party's number after confirming... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5499287 | FAX-telephone interface circuit An improved telephone interface box which interfaces an incoming telephone line to either a modem or a telephone handset is disclosed. The choice of connection is made by a controller that answers incoming calls and determines if the call is to be directe... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497413 | Telephone system with message recording function A telephone system having a message recording function which records in a voice mail recorder a voice message received from a calling party during absence of a called party and vocally reproduces the recorded message in response to a request from called p... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5493607 | Multi-system network addressing Storage locations, such as voice mailboxes are addressed on a plurality of widely distributed host systems, connect via a network, by defining logical domains Bach of which may include storage locations on more than one host system. The domains are define... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5490205 | Telephone set for handling a call A telephone set provided with a telephone ringer for producing a ringing sound, a telephone number storing device for storing a telephone number of a specific party in response to a registration operation performed by a user, a telephone number detecting ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488650 | Configurable telephone interface for electronic devices A system for easily creating a menu structure for the control of an electronic device via a telephone is disclosed. The system contains an editor for easily creating a menu structure design, a memory table for containing the parameters of the menu structu... | 01/30/1996 |
