Telephone system using recorded messages to make outbound announcements
US6167127A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/48
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An automated telephone system includes a telephone terminal for communicating with a remote party over a telephone line; a storage device for storing a plurality of pre-recorded voice messages entered through said terminal; and a service controller connected to the telephone terminal and the storage device. The service controller is responsive to commands entered through the telephone terminal either to store spoken messages in said storage device and associate them with a unique identifier, or to access a selected one of the stored messages using its unique identifier and replay it over the telephone line to a remote party.
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