Telephone answering machine in paging systems with automatic number identification based message operations
March 4, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesPager receiver Method and apparatus for screening telephone calls Method of identifying a calling station at a call terminating facility Method for customer definable telephone capability Integrated message service system Electronic audio communications systems network Personal-signaling communication system Discretionary call forwarding Dial-up telephone network equipment for requesting an identified selection Patent #: 4763191 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 164039 filed on 03/04/1988US Classes:340/7.31, Message input379/88.15, Pager activation379/88.2, Automatic Number Identification (ANI)379/142.13, Adaptive module coupled to telephone line or telephone device379/199, At substation379/207.15, Automatic number identification or calling number identification (ANI or CLID)379/216.01, Abbreviated dialing or direct call (e.g., hot line)455/412.1, Message storage or retrieval455/415Caller identificationExaminersPrimary: Brown, Thomas W.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesH04M 001/64H04M 001/66 H04M 011/00 AbstractAn automatic telephone answering device employing an Automatic Number Identification (ANI) decoder to selectively perform operations on a telephone call is described. The device may perform such operations as to selectively not respond, end, record or forward a telephone call wherein the selection is dependent upon the ANI signal associated with the telephone call, and the operations are determined prior to the reception of the telephone call. In using the automatic answering device in a paging system, a method of selectively forwarding a telephone message to a paging device and ultimately to a pager is described, wherein the selection is dependent upon the ANI signal associated with the telephone call. Additionally, a way to selectively distribute message storage between a telephone answering machine and a pager is described. | |
