Outcalling apparatus
US5404400A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S379/904
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for placing a telephone call over a telephone line and for detecting whether the telephone call was answered by a live person, an answering machine, a facsimile machine, or a data apparatus such as a modem and, depending on the manner in which the telephone call was answered, for connecting: (a) either a human agent or a telephone dialogue application to the telephone line to speak to a live person; (b) a voice message delivery system to the telephone line to send a voice message to an answering machine; (c) a facsimile message delivery system to the telephone line to send a facsimile message to the facsimile machine; and (d) a data message delivery system to the telephone line to send a data message to the data machine.
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