Call message delivery system and method utilizing caller-selected system announcements

US5333180A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Bell Laboratories · US

Inventors

• Percy B. Brown · East Brunswick Township, US
• Nga V. Chau · Middletown, US
• Tung-Hai Hsiao · Freehold, US
• Georg K. Karawas · West Long Branch, US
• Richard E. LeCronier · New Monmouth, US
• Dawn R. Parrott · Neptune, US
• Thomas L. Russell, Jr. · Colts Neck Township, US
• Wen-Ping Ying · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 1991
• Grant date: Jul 26, 1994
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2213/13375
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A Call Message Delivery System (CDS) in response to a request from a caller to deliver an international voice call message, uses the country code digits of the called station number to select the language to be used in the system announcement which precedes the delivery of the caller's message to the called station. Another feature enables the caller to select a system announcement to be delivered with the call message. An additional feature enables the caller to record his or her own announcement as the system announcement.