EP0330856A2
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Telephone answering machine in paging systems with automatic number indentification based message operations
Assignee: Motorola Solutions Inc
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Filing: 1989-02-03
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-02-03
Abstract
Abstract An automatic telephone answering device (6) employing an Automatic Number Identification (ANI) decoder (8) to selectively perform operations on a telephone call is described. The device may perform such operations as to selectively not respond, end, record or forward a telephone call wherein the selection is dependent upon the ANI signal associated with the telephone call, and the operations are determined prior to the reception of the telephone call. In using the automatic answering device in a paging system, a method of selectively forwarding a telephone message to a paging device and ultimately to a pager is described, wherein the selection is dependent upon the ANI signal associated with the telephone call. Additionally, a way to selectively distribute message storage between a telephone answering machine and a pager is described.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter L. Davis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 19:28
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/18; H04W88/185; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/64; H04M1/65; H04M1/658; H04M1/66; H04M1/663; H04M1/57
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
140 words
An automatic telephone answering device coupled to a telephone line for selectively operating on a telephone message, wherein the operation is dependent upon the source of the telephone message, the source being contained within an automatic number identification (ANI) signal generated by the telephone network comprising: an ANI decoder (8) for decoding the ANI signal, thereby identifying the source of the telephone call; a means for receiving and answering the telephone call (22) from the telephone network; a memory means (24) containing a predetermined table of selected source telephone numbers and corresponding operational sequences; a comparison means (10) responsive to the ANI decoder and the memory means for determining a predetermined operational sequence associated to the source telephone number; and a switching means (10) responsive to the comparison means for causing the answering device to perform said predetermined operation sequence.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
140 words
An automatic telephone answering device coupled to a telephone line for selectively operating on a telephone message, wherein the operation is dependent upon the source of the telephone message, the source being contained within an automatic number identification (ANI) signal generated by the telephone network comprising: an ANI decoder (8) for decoding the ANI signal, thereby identifying the source of the telephone call; a means for receiving and answering the telephone call (22) from the telephone network; a memory means (24) containing a predetermined table of selected source telephone numbers and corresponding operational sequences; a comparison means (10) responsive to the ANI decoder and the memory means for determining a predetermined operational sequence associated to the source telephone number; and a switching means (10) responsive to the comparison means for causing the answering device to perform said predetermined operation sequence.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The device in claim 1 further comprising: a message recording device (30) responsive to the switching means for recording and playing back telephone messages.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
The device in claim 1 further comprising: a dialing device (28) connected to the telephone line and the message recording device and responsive to the switching means for dialing a telephone number contained within the memory means and corresponding to the source of the telephone call for playing the recorded message over the telephone line.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The device in claim 1 further comprising: a storage device (26) containing a plurality of predetermined messages, the storage device being coupled to the switching means for playing on the telephone line a selected message, the selection depending upon the ANI signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
The device in claim 1 further comprising: a second telephone line connected to the telephone network; and a dialing device connected to the second telephone line and responsive to the switching means for dialing a telephone number contained within the memory means and corresponding to the source telephone number for forwarding the telephone call, wherein the act of forwarding is dependent upon the source of the telephone call.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The device in claim 1 further comprising: additional outputs coupled to the switching means for connecting devices to the received telephone call wherein the device connected to the telephone call is dependent upon the ANI signal.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
147 words
A system for receiving a telephone message and selectively directing the message to a portable paging receiver depending upon the origin of the telephone message comprising: a telephone network (405) capable of automatically generating a signal indicative of the source telephone number, wherein the generated signal is referred to as an automatic number identification (ANI) signal; a paging terminal (415) for encoding and modulating a telephone message; a paging receiver (420) capable of demodulating, decoding, and announcing the telephone message from the selective cell transmitter; and an automatic telephone answering device (410) connected to the telephone network and responsive to the ANI signal and further coupled to the paging terminal, wherein the telephone answering device selectively directs the telephone message to the paging transmitter, and ultimately to the paging receiver for announcing the telephone message at the paging receiver, the selection being dependent upon the ANI signal.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
147 words
A system for receiving a telephone message and selectively directing the message to a portable paging receiver depending upon the origin of the telephone message comprising: a telephone network (405) capable of automatically generating a signal indicative of the source telephone number, wherein the generated signal is referred to as an automatic number identification (ANI) signal; a paging terminal (415) for encoding and modulating a telephone message; a paging receiver (420) capable of demodulating, decoding, and announcing the telephone message from the selective cell transmitter; and an automatic telephone answering device (410) connected to the telephone network and responsive to the ANI signal and further coupled to the paging terminal, wherein the telephone answering device selectively directs the telephone message to the paging transmitter, and ultimately to the paging receiver for announcing the telephone message at the paging receiver, the selection being dependent upon the ANI signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system in claim 7 further wherein the automatic telephone answering device includes a second connection to the telephone network for coupling to the paging transmitter.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
103 words
A method of limiting paging receiver telephone message reception by receiving the telephone message by a telephone answering device selectively directing telephone messages to a paging transmitter and ultimately to a paging receiver, including the steps of: (a) generating a signal indicative of the origin of the telephone call by the telephone network; (b) answering the telephone with a telephone answering device; (c) selectively forwarding the telephone message to the paging transmitter, the selection being dependent upon the origin of the telephone call; (d) terminating the selected telephone information to the paging receiver; and (e) receiving the telephone message at the paging receiver.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
103 words
A method of limiting paging receiver telephone message reception by receiving the telephone message by a telephone answering device selectively directing telephone messages to a paging transmitter and ultimately to a paging receiver, including the steps of: (a) generating a signal indicative of the origin of the telephone call by the telephone network; (b) answering the telephone with a telephone answering device; (c) selectively forwarding the telephone message to the paging transmitter, the selection being dependent upon the origin of the telephone call; (d) terminating the selected telephone information to the paging receiver; and (e) receiving the telephone message at the paging receiver.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
118 words
A method of selectively distributing the recording of telephone messages between a telephone answering device and a paging receiver, including the steps of: (a) generating a signal indicative of the origin of the telephone call by a telephone network; (b) answering the telephone with a telephone answering device; (c) selectively recording the message with the telephone answering device, the selection being dependent upon the origin of the telephone call; (d) selectively forwarding the telephone message to the paging transmitter, the selection being dependent upon the origin of the telephone call; (e) transmitting the telephone message to a paging receiver; (f) receiving the telephone message at the paging receiver; and (g) recording the telephone message at the paging receiver.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
118 words
A method of selectively distributing the recording of telephone messages between a telephone answering device and a paging receiver, including the steps of: (a) generating a signal indicative of the origin of the telephone call by a telephone network; (b) answering the telephone with a telephone answering device; (c) selectively recording the message with the telephone answering device, the selection being dependent upon the origin of the telephone call; (d) selectively forwarding the telephone message to the paging transmitter, the selection being dependent upon the origin of the telephone call; (e) transmitting the telephone message to a paging receiver; (f) receiving the telephone message at the paging receiver; and (g) recording the telephone message at the paging receiver.
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