Telephone answering device with enhanced voice quality
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1. A telephone answering device comprising:
- (a) an encoder suitable to receive a first signal representative of a voice message;
(b) said encoder compressing said first signal using an adjustable compression rate; and
(c) a memory suitable for storing said compressed first signal.
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Abstract
A telephone answering device that includes a variable rate encoder.
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1. A telephone answering device comprising:
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(a) an encoder suitable to receive a first signal representative of a voice message;
(b) said encoder compressing said first signal using an adjustable compression rate; and
(c) a memory suitable for storing said compressed first signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of operating a telephone answering device comprising:
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(a) an encoder receiving a first signal representative of a voice message;
(b) said encoder compressing said first signal using an adjustable compression rate; and
(c) storing said compressed first signal in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61)
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59. A telephone answering device comprising:
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(a) an encoder suitable to receive a first signal representative of a voice message;
(b) said encoder compressing said first signal;
(c) a memory suitable for storing said compressed first signal; and
(d) an indicator indicating at least one of the estimated total time remaining for recording additional messages and estimated total time used for existing messages.
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62. A method of operating a telephone answering device comprising:
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(a) an encoder receiving a first signal representative of a voice message;
(b) said encoder compressing said first signal;
(c) storing said compressed first signal in a memory; and
(d) indicating at least one of the estimated total time remaining for recording additional messages and estimated total time used for existing messages. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64)
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