Telephone answering apparatus providing selective message communication
US4122306A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 1975 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/652
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A telephone answering system which can be interconnected to a telephone line and includes two tapes, one of which is utilized for recording incoming messages from the telephone line, and the other of which is used basically for playing outgoing messages onto the telephone line. The outgoing message tape includes a plurality of tracks each of which can be selectively placed in communication with the telephone line. A decoding apparatus is responsive to numerals dialed onto the telephone line by the caller with which the caller can select the particular track to be placed in communication with the telephone line and thereby receive the particular outgoing message contained on that track. By dialing an additional number, the caller can also change over the operation of the outgoing message tape to a record mode whereby he can utilize that tape for also receiving incoming messages from the telephone line and cause the message to be placed on a particular selected track.
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