Call answering system

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR DISPATCHING PRE-RECORDED INFORMATION AND FOR RECORDING A MESSAGE RESPONSIVE THERETO, ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A CONVENTIONAL TELEPHONE RECEIVER HAVING A BASE AND A HAND SET, SAID DEVICE EMPLOYING A STRIP MEANS HAVING SPACED CONTROL MARKS THEREON WITH INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN CERTAIN OF SAID CONTROL MARKS AND MESSAGE RECEIVING SECTIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN OTHERS OF SAID CONTROL MARKS, COMPRISING. A SOUND RECORDER SO CONSTRUCTED AS TO BE IN A PLAYBACK CONDITION, WHEREIN SOUND MAY BE TRANSMITTED FROM SAID INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTIONS, OR IN A RECORDING CONDITION, WHEREIN SOUND MAY BE RECORDED ON SAID MESSAGE RECEIVING SECTIONS; MOVING MEANS ACTUABLE TO MOVE THE STRIP MEANS THROUGH THE RECORDER IN A PREDETERMINED PATH; CHANGE-OVER MEANS POSITIONED ALONGSIDE SAID PATH AND ACTUABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESENTATION OF A CONTROL MARK THERETO TO PLACE THE RECORDER IN EITHER RECORDING OR PLAY-BACK CONDITION; DETECTOR MEANS ACTUABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL SIGNAL OF SAID TELEPHONE RECEIVER; READYING MEANS OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF SAID DETECTOR MEANS FOR PUTTING SAID TELEPHONE RECEIVER INTO OPERATIVE POSITION BY SEPARATING SAID BASE AND SAID HAND SET; SENDING CONTROL MEANS ACTUABLE IN RESPONSE TO OPERATION OF SAID READYING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID MOVING MEANS TO MOVE AN INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTION THROUGH THE RECORDER IN SAID PATH WITH THE RECORDER IN PLAY-BACK CONDITION WHEREBY SOUND IS TRANSMITTED FROM SAID INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTION BY WAY OF THE RECORDER INTO THE TELEPHONE RECEIVER; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE CONTROL MARK AT THE END OF SAID INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTION TO THE CHANGE-OVER MEANS TO ACTUATE THE CHANGE-OVER MEANS TO CAUSE THE RECORDER TO BE PLACED IN RECORDING CONDITION WHEREBY SOUND TRANSMITTED INTO THE RECORDER FROM THE TELEPHONE RECEIVER IS RECORDED ON A MESSAGE RECEIVING SECTION MOVING THROUGH THE RECORDER; AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE CONTROL MARK AT THE END OF SAID MESSAGE RECEIVING SECTION TO THE CHANGE-OVER MEANS TO BRING THE BASE AND HAND SET TOGETHER AND TO TERMINATE THE ACTUATION OF SAID MOVING MEANS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR DISPATCHING PRE-RECORDED INFORMATION AND FOR RECORDING A MESSAGE RESPONSIVE THERETO, ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A CONVENTIONAL TELEPHONE RECEIVER HAVING A BASE AND A HAND SET, SAID DEVICE EMPLOYING A STRIP MEANS HAVING SPACED CONTROL MARKS THEREON WITH INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN CERTAIN OF SAID CONTROL MARKS AND MESSAGE RECEIVING SECTIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN OTHERS OF SAID CONTROL MARKS, COMPRISING. A SOUND RECORDER SO CONSTRUCTED AS TO BE IN A PLAYBACK CONDITION, WHEREIN SOUND MAY BE TRANSMITTED FROM SAID INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTIONS, OR IN A RECORDING CONDITION, WHEREIN SOUND MAY BE RECORDED ON SAID MESSAGE RECEIVING SECTIONS; MOVING MEANS ACTUABLE TO MOVE THE STRIP MEANS THROUGH THE RECORDER IN A PREDETERMINED PATH; CHANGE-OVER MEANS POSITIONED ALONGSIDE SAID PATH AND ACTUABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESENTATION OF A CONTROL MARK THERETO TO PLACE THE RECORDER IN EITHER RECORDING OR PLAY-BACK CONDITION; DETECTOR MEANS ACTUABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL SIGNAL OF SAID TELEPHONE RECEIVER; READYING MEANS OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF SAID DETECTOR MEANS FOR PUTTING SAID TELEPHONE RECEIVER INTO OPERATIVE POSITION BY SEPARATING SAID BASE AND SAID HAND SET; SENDING CONTROL MEANS ACTUABLE IN RESPONSE TO OPERATION OF SAID READYING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID MOVING MEANS TO MOVE AN INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTION THROUGH THE RECORDER IN SAID PATH WITH THE RECORDER IN PLAY-BACK CONDITION WHEREBY SOUND IS TRANSMITTED FROM SAID INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTION BY WAY OF THE RECORDER INTO THE TELEPHONE RECEIVER; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE CONTROL MARK AT THE END OF SAID INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SECTION TO THE CHANGE-OVER MEANS TO ACTUATE THE CHANGE-OVER MEANS TO CAUSE THE RECORDER TO BE PLACED IN RECORDING CONDITION WHEREBY SOUND TRANSMITTED INTO THE RECORDER FROM THE TELEPHONE RECEIVER IS RECORDED ON A MESSAGE RECEIVING SECTION MOVING THROUGH THE RECORDER; AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE CONTROL MARK AT THE END OF SAID MESSAGE RECEIVING SECTION TO THE CHANGE-OVER MEANS TO BRING THE BASE AND HAND SET TOGETHER AND TO TERMINATE THE ACTUATION OF SAID MOVING MEANS.