Method for receiving and delivering voice messages
US4766604A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 1986 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/533
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for receiving and delivering voice messages responds to the inability of a caller to complete a call from a calling station to a called station to automatically cause the calling station to default to a voice message center. If the caller desires to leave a voice message to be delivered to the called station, the caller is prompted to store the voice message. Thereafter, the voice message center initiates an outdial routine which makes a predetermined number of attempts to deliver the voice message to the called station at predetermined time intervals. In the preferred embodiment, the method is incorporated in a multiple user station telephone system in either a "shared tenant services" or "on-campus" configuration.
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