Activation of a telephone's own call answering equipment according to the number of the calling party
January 7, 2017. 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 ReferencesProgrammable telephone system Telephone answering service with integrated voice and textual message storage Telephone answering machine in paging systems with automatic number identification based message operations Multiple message answering machine keyed to the incoming phone number Alphanumeric caller identification telephone Method and system for managing telecommunications such as telephone calls Automatic incoming telephone call identification and disposition system Method and apparatus for processing an incoming call in a communication system Greeting and schedule integration arrangement Selective screening of incoming calls for cellular telephone systems InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 779708 filed on 01/07/1997US Classes:379/88.21, Caller identification received at substation379/67.1, AUDIO MESSAGE STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, OR SYNTHESIS379/76, Announcement selection or replacement379/88.17, Interaction with an external nontelephone network (e.g., Internet)379/93.24, Having electronic mail455/412.2, Having message notification455/415, Caller identification455/466Auxiliary data signaling (e.g., short message service (SMS))ExaminersPrimary: Hoosain, AllanAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesH04M 001/64H04M 011/00 H04M 003/42 88.21 93.09 93.24 170 171 185 217 372 376 Foreign Application Priority Data1996-01-08 FIAbstractIn a communication device (20) comprising a message function (SMS, Short Message Service) a certain short message (7) or other reply message is sent in response to an incoming call in a situation where the user can't answer the call him/herself. The reply message can be sent immediately (9) or after a short delay (10, 11), whereby during the delay, the user can choose, whether he/she answers him/herself. The calling party (5) is identified from the CLI information (Caller Line Identity), whereby the reply message can be chosen according to the calling party. Time information can be included in the reply message in order to express at which time by the clock or after a how long time the receiving party is reachable. After that time the automatic reply function based on the reply message is automatically disconnected.Other References
Field of SearchAUDIO MESSAGE STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, OR SYNTHESISPager activation Display of message related information TELEPHONE LINE OR SYSTEM COMBINED WITH DIVERSE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OR SIGNALLING (E.G., COMPOSITE) Call intercept or answering Announcement selection or replacement Interaction with an external nontelephone network (e.g., Internet) Call source identification Automatic Number Identification (ANI) Including private cordless extension system Programming control Responsive to specified modulation (e.g., call alarm, Conelrad) | |
