Telephone caller identification control
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1. A telephone caller identification control device, module, subsystem, or system unit comprising:
- (a) means for extracting caller identification or caller-waiting identification information from a telephone line;
(b) means for announcing a telephone call with a plurality of audible announcement sounds;
(c) means for assigning a plurality of expected caller identifications to a plurality of said audible announcement sounds;
wherein said audible announcement sound is a music sequence or a combination of a music sequence and a ringing pattern;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a first announcement sound for a first expected caller id;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a second announcement sound for a second expected caller id;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a third announcement sound for a third expected caller id.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus controls the telephone call announcement and response according to the caller identification or caller-waiting identification, said announcement includes an audible sound such as a music sequence, a ringing signal, a voice segment, or a combination of sounds, some of which may contain caller description, caller group description, or called party description.
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25 Claims
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1. A telephone caller identification control device, module, subsystem, or system unit comprising:
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(a) means for extracting caller identification or caller-waiting identification information from a telephone line;
(b) means for announcing a telephone call with a plurality of audible announcement sounds;
(c) means for assigning a plurality of expected caller identifications to a plurality of said audible announcement sounds;
wherein said audible announcement sound is a music sequence or a combination of a music sequence and a ringing pattern;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a first announcement sound for a first expected caller id;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a second announcement sound for a second expected caller id;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a third announcement sound for a third expected caller id. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A telephone caller identification control device, module, subsystem, or system unit comprising:
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(a) means for extracting caller identification or caller-waiting identification information from a telephone line;
(b) means for announcing a telephone call with a plurality of audible announcement sounds;
(c) means for assigning a plurality of expected caller identifications to a plurality of said audible announcement sounds;
wherein said audible announcement sound is a ringing pattern;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a first announcement sound for a first expected caller id;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a second announcement sound for a second expected caller id;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a third announcement sound for a third expected caller id. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25)
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15. A telephone caller identification control device, module, subsystem, or system unit comprising:
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(a) means for extracting caller identification or caller-waiting identification information from a telephone line;
(b) means for announcing a telephone call with a plurality of audible announcement sounds;
(c) means for assigning a plurality of expected caller identifications to a plurality of said audible announcement sounds;
wherein said audible announcement sound is a voice segment, or a combination of a ringing pattern and voice segments, some of which may contain the caller description, caller group description, caller location description, or called party description;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a first announcement sound for a first expected caller id;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a second announcement sound for a second expected caller id;
wherein the caller identification control unit announces a telephone call with a third announcement sound for a third expected caller id.
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22. In combination with a telephone caller identification control device, module, subsystem, or system unit which extracts caller identification or caller-waiting identification information from a first telephone line, transforms the caller identification into a plurality of call announcement control signals, and send said control signals over the first telephone line or a second telephone line, a telephone call announcement device, module, subsystem, or system unit comprising:
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(a) means for receiving said call announcement control signals from said first telephone or said second telephone line;
(b) means for announcing a telephone call with a plurality of audible announcement sounds such as a music sequence, a ringing signal, a voice segment, or a combination of sounds, some of which may contain caller description, caller group description, caller location description, or called party description;
wherein the telephone call announcement unit announces a telephone call with a first announcement sound for a first call announcement control signal;
wherein the telephone call announcement unit announces a telephone call with a second announcement sound for a second call announcement control signal;
wherein the telephone call announcement unit announces a telephone call with a third announcement sound for a third call announcement control signal.
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