Telephone answering device with TV telephone
Patent 5046079 Issued on September 3, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: 
October 13, 2009. 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.
October 13, 2009. 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 ReferencesMicrocomputer-controlled television/telephone system and method therefore Videotelephone apparatus for transmitting high and low resolution video signals over telephone exchange lines Patent #: 4888795 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 421105 filed on 10/13/1989US Classes:348/14.06, Answering machine379/67.1, AUDIO MESSAGE STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, OR SYNTHESIS379/82, Having specified call initiation (e.g., ringing) responsive circuitry379/88.13Multimedia system (e.g., voice output combined with fax, video, text, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: Brown, Thomas W.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesH04M 001/64H04M 011/00 Foreign Application Priority Data1988-10-14 JPAbstractA telephone answering device with TV telephone for receiving and displaying a picture signal sent from a calling party through a telephone line, in the intermission of ringing signals, so that a called party can confirm who is calling by seeing the picture signal on the TV display. The picture signal as well as an incoming message from the calling party is recorded in a recording medium to be reproduced manually by the called party at home or remotely from a remote location. The TV telephone has a line which is common with or separate from the line of the telephone answering device.Other References
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