Patent · US Expired

Method of managing a speech memory, and assembly therefor

US5483578A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Sel Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Uwe Ackermann · Delbrück, DE
Dieter Kopp · Hemmingen, DE
Thomas Hormann · Bornsteiner Straße, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 1994
Grant date	Jan 9, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M3/533
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of managing a speech memory (VMEM) and an assembly therefor are disclosed. To enable a plurality of users (U1, U2, U3, U4) to access the speech memory, the latter is divided into user memory areas (S1, S2, S3, S4) and a common memory area (SALL). By adding a portion (S4') of the common memory area (SALL) to one of the user memory areas (S4') or vice versa, the size of this user memory area is adapted to the memory space requirements (Min4) of the user (U4). The capacity of the speech memory (VMEM) is effectively utilized, since, as far as possible, no free memory space is assigned to the users (U1 to U4) which will not be used by them. The assembly can be used, for example, as a voice mailbox in a telecommunications system.

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